1946 in Germany

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1946
in
Germany

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:Other events of 1946
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1946 in Germany..

Events[]

Undated[]

  • Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.[citation needed]
  • 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[]

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[]

July[]

August[]

  • 20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht.

September[]

October[]

November[]

December[]

Births[]

  • February 23Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer (died 2004)
  • April 17Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (died 1995)
  • May 9Drafi Deutscher, German singer (died 2006)
  • May 14Elmar Brok, German politician
  • May 17Udo Lindenberg, German singer
  • June 26Maria von Welser, German journalist
  • July 1:
    • Stefan Aust, German journalist
    • Rosalie Abella, German jurist
  • August 20Henryk Broder, German journalist
  • December 14Ruth 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 OctoberHermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany (born 1893)
  • 16 OctoberAlfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (born 1893)

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