In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg
German politician (1902-1944).
Born September 5th, 1902 in London.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Caesar von Hofacker
German luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 july 1944 plot.
Born March 11th, 1896 in Ludwigsburg.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Joseph Maréchal
Belgian jesuit priest and philosopher (1878–1944).
Born July 1st, 1878 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1944 at 66 years old in Leuven.
Werner Henke
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born May 13th, 1909 in Toruń, Rudak.
Died June 15th, 1944 at 35 years old in Fort Hunt. [ref]
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the nazi régime (1901-1944).
Born March 19th, 1901 in Paderborn. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Kaj Munk
Danish playwright (1898–1944).
Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg.
Lucien Pissarro
French painter (1863-1944).
Born February 20th, 1863 in Paris.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in London.
Joseph Caillaux
French politician (1863-1944).
Born March 30th, 1863 in Le Mans.
Died November 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Mamers.
Édouard de Castelnau
French general (1851–1944).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Saint-Affrique.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 92 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Pavel Haas
Czech composer.
Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Kakuji Kakuta
Japanese admiral (1890-1944).
Born September 23rd, 1890 in Niigata Prefecture.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 53 years old in Tinian.
Pavel Chesnokov
Russian composer (1877–1944).
Born October 24th, 1877 in Zvenigorodsky Uyezd.
Died March 14th, 1944 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Musa Cälil
Soviet poet.
Born February 15th, 1906 in Mostafa.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
German resistance member (1902-1944).
Born December 21st, 1902 in Copenhagen.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hendrikus Colijn
Dutch politician (1869-1944).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Burgerveen. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1944 at 75 years old in Ilmenau. [ref]
Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Quaker, sinologist (1873–1944).
Born October 20th, 1873 in Darlington.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Ethel Lina White
British writer (1876–1944).
Born April 2nd, 1876 in Abergavenny. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1944 at 68 years old in London (ovarian cancer).
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
Polish poet and solider (1921–1944).
Born January 22nd, 1921 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1944 at 23 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
German politician (1886-1944).
Born July 14th, 1886 in Nossen.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 58 years old in Bucharest (ballistic trauma).
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
American sculptor (1861-1944).
Born November 22nd, 1861 in Springville.
Died November 14th, 1944 at 82 years old in Arlington.
Walter Oesau
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born June 28th, 1913 in Nindorf.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 30 years old in Sankt Vith (killed in action).
Paul von Hase
German general.
Born July 24th, 1885 in Hanover.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Archie MacLaren
Cricket player of england. (1871-1944).
Born December 1st, 1871 in Manchester.
Died November 17th, 1944 at 72 years old in Bracknell.
Gerhard Palitzsch
German ss nco (1913-1944).
Born June 17th, 1913 in Großopitz.
Died December 7th, 1944 at 31 years old in Budapest.
Maurice Paléologue
French diplomat, writer (1859-1944).
Born January 13th, 1859 in Paris.
Died November 18th, 1944 at 85 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 638
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus