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| Arrest of Fuchs Fuchs, Klaus | |
| Arrested for passing information to the USSR |
| 1st Mar Sentenced to serve 7 yrs in prison |
| Diplomacy Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 21st Mar Bonn Advocates economic union with France |
| Economy Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 1st Mar Bonn Rationing ends in West Germany, apart from sugar |
| 21st Mar Bonn Advocates economic union with France |
| EPU Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Bonn The European Payments Union is founded which regularizes trade payments |
| General Secretary Ulbricht, Walther | |
| 21st April Berlin Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party |
| Harvard Graduate Centre Gropius, Walter | |
| Harvard Completes the Harvard Graduate Centre |
| Plan Schumann Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 9th May Paris The French & German coal, iron & steel industries are placed under a single authority |
| 9th May Paris The Schumann Plan is launched in Paris |
| Publication of Ditzen Ditzen, Rudolf | |
| Publication of, "Der Trinker" |
| Rationing Adenauer, Konrad | |
| 1st Mar Bonn Rationing ends in West Germany, apart from sugar |
| Technical Director Braun Braun, Werner von | |
| Appointed Technical Director for the USAArmy's Ballistic Missile Technical Agency |
| Treaty of Gorlitz Dertinger, Georg | |
| 6th July Gorlitz Signs the treaty recognizing the Oder-Neisse Line as the border with Poland |
| Trial of Fuchs Fuchs, Klaus | |
| 1st Mar Found guilty of passing British atomic secrets to Russian agents |