1946 in Germany

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Events in the year 1946 in Germany..

Events

Undated

• Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.
• German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development founded.
• Hansawelle founded.
• Südwest Presse founded.
• West German Athletics Championships established.
• Westphalian Football and Athletics Association founded.

January

• January:
  • German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council.
  • British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans.
  • Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union.
• 8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded.

February

• 1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
• 5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded.
• 21 February: Die Zeit founded.

March

• March:
  • Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans.
  • Seventh United States Army inactivated.
  • Bamberg Symphony founded.
• 2 March: Rheinische Post founded.

April

• April: Badisches Volksecho founded.
• 2 April: Die Welt founded.
• 3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded.
• 8 April: Sozialistische Einheit ceased publication.
• 13 April: Sächsische Zeitung founded.
• 21 April:
  • Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
  • Deutsche Volkszeitung ceased publication.
• 23 April:
  • Neues Deutschland founded.
  • Das Volk ceased publication.

May

• 4 May: US general Lucius D. Clay temporarily suspends reparations deliveries to the Soviet Union.
• 16 May: Handelsblatt founded.
• 17 May: DEFA film studio founded.
• 20 May: Lausitzer Rundschau founded.

June

• June: Gehlen Organization established.
• 29 June: Provisional German administration under Soviet supervision established in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• 30 June: June 1946 Bavarian state election.

July

• July: Europa-Archiv founded.
• 1 July: ABC-Zeitung founded.

August

• 20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht.

September

• 6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany.
• 16 September: BRIXMIS established.

October

• 1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude.
• 20 October:
  • 1946 Berlin state election.
  • 1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections.
  • Rhine Province disestablished.

November

• 13 November: Münchner Merkur founded.

December

• 1 December: December 1946 Bavarian state election.
• 5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials begin.
• 11 December: Hörzu founded.
• 21 December: Middle Rhine Football Association founded.
• Christmas: First edition of Auto motor und sport appears.

Births

• February 23 — Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer ( died 2004)
• April 17 — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (died 1995)
• May 9 — Drafi Deutscher, German singer (died 2006)
• May 14 — Elmar Brok, German politician
• May 17 — Udo Lindenberg, German singer
• June 26 — Maria von Welser, German journalist
• July 1:
  • Stefan Aust, German journalist
  • Rosalie Abella, German jurist
• August 20 — Henryk Broder, German journalist
• December 14 — Ruth Fuchs, German athlete

Deaths

• February 8 - Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (born 1868)
• February 10 - Eduard Fresenius, German entrepreneur (born 1874)
• May 16 - Bruno Tesch, German chemist and entrepreneur (born 1890)
• June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist (born 1862)
• September 6 - Alfred Körte, German philologist (born 1866)
• 15 October — Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany (born 1893)
• 16 October — Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (born 1893)