Events in the year 1946 in Germany.
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Events
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.
- 20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 300 coal miners in Bergkamen.[1]
- 21 February: Die Zeit founded two days later.
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:
- 23 April:
- Neues Deutschland founded.
- Das Volk ceased publication.
May
- 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
September
- 6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany.
- 16 September: BRIXMIS established.
October
- 1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude.
- 20 October:
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.
Undated
- Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.[2][3]
- 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.
Births
- 23 February — Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer (died 2004)
- 25 February — Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist[4]
- 17 March — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1995)[5]
- 27 March — Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
- 16 April – Mordechai Geldman, Israeli poet and writer (died 2021)
- 17 April — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (died 1995)
- 9 May — Drafi Deutscher, German singer (died 2006)[6]
- 14 May — Elmar Brok, German politician
- 15 May – Klaus-Peter Siegloch, German journalist
- 17 May — Udo Lindenberg, German singer[7]
- 26 June — Maria von Welser, German journalist
- 1 July:
- Stefan Aust, German journalist
- Rosalie Abella, German jurist
- 20 August
- Henryk M. Broder, German journalist
- Ralf Hütter, German techno musician[8]
- 2 September — Angelika Volquartz, German politician
- 15 September — Gerd Uecker, German artistic director (died 2024)[9]
- 6 October — Renate Holub, German philosopher
- 14 December — Ruth Fuchs, German athlete
- 30 December — Berti Vogts, German football player and manager
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)
- Date unknown — Albert Hinrich Hussmann, artist and sculptor