Done: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/3976

Just for the record: The backslash workaround was problematic for me as many of these cases happen inside multiline tables. Adding the extra backslash character changes the column alignment so this would require quite a bit of manual adjustment. I ended up using the following slightly less invasive workaround:

Best,

Guillermo

On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 7:37:51 PM UTC+2, John MacFarlane wrote:

Why don't you open a bug report on our issue tracker, so
we can look into this further. In the mean time, you can
work around this by backslash-escaping the “ character.

   *Zusätzliche Parametern für „Eine Ebene\“:*

+++ Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia [Oct 13 17 03:28 ]:
>   Hello all,
>   When I try to use German quotes („ and “) combined with inline styles
>   something does not quite work as expected.
>   Take these two examples:
>   *Zusätzliche Parametern für „Eine Ebene“:*
>   *Zusätzliche Parametern für "Eine Ebene":*
>   The second line works as expected, for the first one Pandoc does not
>   apply emphasis. Can be reproduced in the Try Pandoc page:
>   https://pandoc.org/try/?text=*Zus%C3%A4tzliche+Parametern+f%C3%BCr+%E2%
>   80%9EEine+Ebene%E2%80%9C%3A*%0A%0A*Zus%C3%A4tzliche+Parametern+f%C3%BCr
>   +%22Eine+Ebene%22%3A*&from=markdown&to=latex
>   Here's the output:
>   *Zusätzliche Parametern für „Eine Ebene``:*
>   \emph{Zusätzliche Parametern für ``Eine Ebene'':}
>   Is this normal?
>   Guillermo
>