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In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Fritz Lindemann
German general (1894-1944).
Born April 11th, 1894 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 22nd, 1944 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison.
Johan Pitka
Estonian military personnel and politician (1872-1944).
Born February 19th, 1872 in Võhmuta.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 72 years old in Kõue.
Karl Koller
Austrian ophthalmologist (1857–1944).
Born December 3rd, 1857 in Sušice.
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 86 years old in New York City.
Alois Musil
Czech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944).
Born June 30th, 1868 in Rychtářov. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1944 at 75 years old in Otryby. [ref]
Martin Wilhelm Kutta
German mathematician (1867–1944).
Born November 3rd, 1867 in Byczyna.
Died December 25th, 1944 at 77 years old in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Sergio Panunzio
Revolutionary syndicalist and italian fascist (1886-1944).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Molfetta.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 58 years old in Rome.
Han Yong-un
Korean writer (1879–1944).
Born August 29th, 1879 in Gyeongsang.
Died June 29th, 1944 at 64 years old in Seoul (disease).
Ilse Weber
Czech composer and writer (1903-1944).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Vítkovice. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1944 at 41 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon
German photographer (1900-1942).
Born January 26th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1944 at 44 years old in Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp.
Heinrich von Lehndorff-Steinort
German army officer (1909–1944).
Born June 22nd, 1909 in Hanover.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Bronisław Czech
Polish sportsman and artist (1908–1944).
Born July 25th, 1908 in Zakopane.
Died June 5th, 1944 at 35 years old in Auschwitz.
Wilhelm Leuschner
German politician and trade unionist (1890-1944), victim of nazism.
Born June 15th, 1890 in Bayreuth.
Died September 29th, 1944 at 54 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Mainie Harriet Jellett
Irish artist (1897-1944).
Born April 29th, 1897 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1944 at 46 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Hans Krása
Czech composer (1899-1944).
Born November 30th, 1899 in Prague.
Died October 18th, 1944 at 44 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Alejandro Villanueva
Peruvian footballer (1908-1944).
Born June 4th, 1908 in Lima. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1944 at 35 years old in Lima (tuberculosis). [ref]
Suzanne Spaak
Belgian anti-nazi resistance worker and counterintelligence agent.
Born July 6th, 1905 in Brussels.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 39 years old in Fresnes Prison (gunshot wound, shot to the head).
Riccardo Zandonai
Italian composer and conductor.
Born May 28th, 1883 in Rovereto, Borgo Sacco. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1944 at 61 years old in Pesaro.
Horst Ademeit
German world war ii flying ace (1912–1944).
Born August 2nd, 1912 in Wrocław.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 32 years old in Daugavpils.
Hellmuth Stieff
German general and opponent to nazism (1901-1944).
Died August 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Werner Seelenbinder
German sportsman (1904–1944).
Born August 2nd, 1904 in Szczecin.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 40 years old in Brandenburg an der Havel (decapitation).
Christa Winsloe
German-hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor (1888-1944).
Born December 23rd, 1888 in Darmstadt.
Died June 10th, 1944 at 55 years old in Cluny.
Arthur Smith Woodward
English paleontologist (1864–1944).
Born May 23rd, 1864 in Macclesfield. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 80 years old in Haywards Heath. [ref]
Alun Lewis
Welsh poet (1915–1944).
Born July 1st, 1915 in Aberdare.
Died March 5th, 1944 at 28 years old in Myanmar.
Léon Brunschvicg
French philosopher (1869–1944).
Born November 10th, 1869 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1944 at 74 years old in Aix-les-Bains. [ref]
Isabelino Gradín
Uruguayan footballer and sprinter (1897-1944).
Born July 8th, 1897 in Montevideo.
Died December 21st, 1944 at 47 years old in Montevideo.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 701
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin