1946 in Germany

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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.

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:
- 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: 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.

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.

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

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

^ F. S. V. Donnison (1961). Civil Affairs and Military Government: North-west Europe, 1944-1946. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 416.
^ The Political Economy of Germany in the Twentieth Century By Karl Hardach, page 98
^ 1947 Hearings of the House Committee on Appropriations by Dennis A. FitzGerald, Secretary General of the International Emergency Food Council, page 72 (d)
^ Franz Xaver Kroetz; Richard W. Blevins (1983). Franz Xaver Kroetz: The Emergence of a Political Playwright. P. Lang. p. 14. ISBN 9780820400136.
^ Alkan, Sefik S. (July 2019). "Legends of allergy/immunology: Georges Köhler and the discovery of MONOCLONAL antibodies". Allergy. 74 (7): 1412–1414. doi:10.1111/all.13798. ISSN 1398-9995. PMID 30920663. S2CID 219281951.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 683. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 265/6. ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
^ Pascal Bussy (2004). Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music. SAF. p. 18. ISBN 9780946719709.
^ Obituary: Music & Opera Director Gerd Uecker Dies at 77

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