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In the year 1944
638 Notable deaths
Stefan Rowecki
Polish general (1895–1944).
Born December 25th, 1895 in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 48 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
Inventor of snooker (1856–1944).
Born January 13th, 1856 in Upton Park.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 88 years old in Ascot (myocarditis).
Félix Fénéon
French anarchist and art critic (1861-1944).
Born June 22nd, 1861 in Turin. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1944 at 82 years old in Châtenay-Malabry. [ref]
Hans Bernd von Haeften
German jurist and resistance fighter against nazism (1905–1944).
Born December 18th, 1905 in Charlottenburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Eva Heyman
Holocaust victim.
Born February 13th, 1931 in Oradea.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 13 years old in Auschwitz.
Eugene Chen
Chinese revolutionary (1878-1944).
Born July 2nd, 1878 in San Fernando.
Died November 20th, 1944 at 66 years old in Shanghai.
Leone Ginzburg
Italian writer and activist (1909–1944).
Born April 4th, 1909 in Odesa.
Died February 5th, 1944 at 34 years old in Rome (torture).
Pierre Brossolette
French politician (1903-1944).
Born June 25th, 1903 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 40 years old in Paris (falling). [ref]
Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
German diplomat who served as the last german ambassador to the soviet union before operation barbarossa.
Born November 20th, 1875 in Kemberg.
Died November 10th, 1944 at 68 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
William Henry O'Connell
American roman catholic cardinal (1859–1944).
Born December 8th, 1859 in Lowell.
Died April 22nd, 1944 at 84 years old in Boston.
Ruth Hanna McCormick
American politician (1880–1944).
Born March 27th, 1880 in Cleveland.
Died December 31st, 1944 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Jacques Roumain
Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944).
Born June 4th, 1907 in Port-au-Prince. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1944 at 37 years old in Port-au-Prince (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Jean Cavaillès
French philosopher and mathematician.
Born May 15th, 1903 in Saint-Maixent-l'École. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1944 at 40 years old in Arras (ballistic trauma).
Elmer Gedeon
United states army air force captain, major league baseball player, one of two mlb players killed in world war ii (1917-1944).
Born April 15th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died April 20th, 1944 at 27 years old in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise.
Fritz Schmenkel
German communist and soviet belarusian partisan.
Born February 14th, 1916 in Warszewo.
Died February 22nd, 1944 at 28 years old in Minsk (gunshot wound).
Sára Salkaházi
Hungarian roman catholic religious sister (1899-1944).
Born May 11th, 1899 in Košice.
Died December 27th, 1944 at 45 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma).
Gustavs Klucis
Latvian artist (1895-1938).
Born January 16th, 1895 in Rūjiena.
Died March 16th, 1944 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Emil Lang
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1909–1944).
Born January 14th, 1909 in Fraunberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 35 years old
Olga Bancic
French resistance fighter (1912-1944).
Born May 10th, 1912 in Chișinău. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1944 at 32 years old in Stuttgart (decapitation). [ref]
Friedrich Alpers
German general (1901–1944).
Born March 25th, 1901 in Sonnenberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 43 years old in Mons.
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
German resistance fighter (1904-1944).
Born November 13th, 1904 in Oleśnica Mała.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
George Clausen
British artist (1852–1944).
Born April 18th, 1852 in London.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 92 years old in London.
Erich Salomon
German photojournalist (1886-1944).
Born April 28th, 1886 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Jean Zay
French politician, minister of national education and fine arts (1904-1944).
Born August 6th, 1904 in Orléans. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1944 at 39 years old in Molles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dietrich Kraiss
German general (1889-1944).
Born November 16th, 1889 in Stuttgart.
Died August 6th, 1944 at 54 years old in Saint-Lô.
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Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé