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| Chairman Council of Ministers Grotewohl, Otto |  |
| 12th Oct Berlin Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the GDR |
| Chancellor Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Bonn The CDU wins a majority in the elections to the Federal Parliament |
| 14th Aug Bonn Appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| Constitution Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 23rd May Bonn Establishes the Federal Republic's constitution |
| Constitution Heuss, Theodore | |
| 1st Aug Bonn Becomes West Germany's 1st President |
| Election Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Aug Wins the 1st post war election for the CDU & heads a coalition government |
| Election Heuss, Theodore | |
| 1st Aug CDU 139 seats, SPD 131 seats |
| 1st Aug Wins elections to the 1st Bundestag, lower House of the Federal Assembly |
| Exile of Mengele Mengele, Josef | |
| Departs for Argentina |
| Federal Republic Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 23rd May Bonn Establishes the Federal Republic's constitution |
| Film Liebeneiner Liebeneiner, Wolfgang | |
| Wolfgang Liebeneiner's Liebe 47 (Love 47), an adaptation of Wolfgang Borchert's play Drauen vor der Tr. |
| Government Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 14th Aug Bonn Forms a coalition Government of the CDU, CSU, FDP & DP parties |
| Head of State Dieckmann, Johannes | |
| 7th Oct Berlin Appointed Head of State for the GDR, 1st term |
| Head of State Pieck, Wilhelm | |
| 11th Oct Berlin Appointed Head of State for the GDR |
| Minister of Economics Erhard, Ludwig | |
| Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Dertinger, Georg | |
| Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs for the GDR |
| President Heuss, Theodore | |
| 1st Aug Bonn Appointed President of Germany |
| Publication of Einstein Einstein, Albert | |
| Publication of, "Generalized Theory of Gravitation" |
| Publication of Grimm Grimm, Hans | |
| Publication of, "Answer of A German", post war justification of Nazism |
| Trial of Abetz Abetz, Otto | |
| July A French court sentences Abetz to 20 yrs' imprisonment for war crimes |
| July Tried for the deportation of French Jews to the death camps, released in 1954 |
| Trial of Papen Papen, Franz von | |
| Jan Appeals against his sentence & is released |
