Since I am unfamiliar with German tax law I'm going to start by assuming that Germany has no credit available for taxes paid to the US on the income that is also taxed by Germany.
That's ok - the US does have a credit for taxes paid to Germany while you live in Germany. The problem appears to be that the German return is due later so the credit can't be claimed on your US return until after the German return is filed.
Again, I am assuming that you can't file the German return early.
First option is to extend the due date on your US return. That is an automatic extension for six months that you can get just by requesting it which makes your new filing deadline October 15th.
If that is still not long enough to get the German return filed first then you can either file the US return and amend it later or file the US return late once you have the German information.
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