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In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Hendrikus Colijn
Dutch politician (1869-1944).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Burgerveen.
Died September 18th, 1944 at 75 years old in Ilmenau.
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).
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.
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).
Paul von Hase
German general (1885–1944).
Born July 24th, 1885 in Hanover.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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.
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]
Walter Oesau
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1913–1944).
Born June 28th, 1913 in Nindorf.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 30 years old in Sankt Vith.
Archie MacLaren
Cricket player of england. (1871-1944).
Born December 1st, 1871 in Manchester.
Died November 17th, 1944 at 72 years old in Bracknell.
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
American sculptor (1861-1944).
Born November 22nd, 1861 in Springville.
Died November 14th, 1944 at 82 years old in Arlington.
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.
Gerhard Palitzsch
German ss nco (1913-1944).
Born June 17th, 1913 in Großopitz.
Died December 7th, 1944 at 31 years old in Budapest.
Eugene Chen
Chinese revolutionary (1878-1944).
Born July 2nd, 1878 in San Fernando.
Died November 20th, 1944 at 66 years old in Shanghai.
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.
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).
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.
Berthold von Deimling
German general (1853-1944).
Born March 21st, 1853 in Karlsruhe.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 90 years old in Baden-Baden.
Pierre Brossolette
French politician (1903-1944).
Born June 25th, 1903 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 40 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (falling).
Jacques Roumain
Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944).
Born June 4th, 1907 in Port-au-Prince.
Died August 18th, 1944 at 37 years old in Port-au-Prince (cardiovascular disease).
Ruth Hanna McCormick
American politician (1880–1944).
Born March 27th, 1880 in Cleveland.
Died December 31st, 1944 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Jean Cavaillès
French philosopher and mathematician (1903–1944).
Born May 15th, 1903 in Saint-Maixent-l'École.
Died April 4th, 1944 at 40 years old in Arras (gunshot wound).
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.
Berl Katznelson
Israeli labor zionist intellectual (1887-1944).
Born January 25th, 1887 in Babruysk.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Jerusalem.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 704
Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams