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.

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