A recession is typically defined by negative GDP growth, your chart is not as relevant as:
Germany definitely suffered the recession and had negative GDP growth. But your graph doesn’t really accurately reflect that, it almost suggests that Germany did not take a hit to GDP at all during the 2008 global recession–when it in fact did.
Now, in 2005 Germany had an unemployment rate of 12% that was down to 7% by the 2008 recession and then went back up to 9% and has been decreasing since then.
It is definitely accurate to say Germany was better positioned to get through the recession and had a recovery with greater job creation than other countries.
As seen here: link