In the year 1944
701 Notable deaths
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
Turkish journalist and statesperson (1864–1944).
Born August 17th, 1864 in Istanbul.
Died March 8th, 1944 at 79 years old in Heybeliada.
Grete Berger
German jewish actress murdered in the holocaust (1883-1944).
Born February 11th, 1883 in Krnov.
Died May 23rd, 1944 at 61 years old in Auschwitz.
Ulrich Wilcken
German historian (1862–1944).
Born December 18th, 1862 in Szczecin.
Died December 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in Baden-Baden.
Alois, Prince of Schönburg-Hartenstein
Austrian politician and military officer (1858-1944).
Born November 21st, 1858 in Karlsruhe.
Died September 21st, 1944 at 85 years old in Hartenstein. [ref]
Paul Ludwig Landsberg
German-jewish philosopher (1901-1944).
Born December 3rd, 1901 in Bonn.
Died April 2nd, 1944 at 42 years old in Oranienburg concentration camp.
Oleh Olzhych
Ukrainian poet, archaeologist and prehistorian (1907-1944).
Born July 8th, 1907 in Zhytomyr. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1944 at 36 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Sachsenhausen.
Wilhelm Wegener
Wehrmacht general (1895-1944).
Born April 29th, 1895 in Beeskow.
Died September 24th, 1944 at 49 years old in Valmiera.
Viktor Gusev
Soviet poet, playwright, screenwriter, translator (1909-1944).
Born January 30th, 1909 in Moscow.
Died January 23rd, 1944 at 34 years old in Moscow.
Hélène Metzger
French philosopher (1889-1944).
Born August 26th, 1889 in Chatou.
Died March 7th, 1944 at 54 years old in Auschwitz.
Franciszek Brodniewicz
Polish actor (1892-1944).
Born November 29th, 1892 in Kwilcz. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1944 at 51 years old in Warsaw (myocardial rupture). [ref]
Carl Lampert
Austrian priest (1894–2011).
Born January 9th, 1894 in Göfis. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1944 at 50 years old in Halle (Saale) (decapitation). [ref]
Albert Ray
American film director, actor and screenwriter (1897-1944).
Born August 28th, 1897 in New Rochelle.
Died February 8th, 1944 at 46 years old in Los Angeles.
Alberto Vojtěch Frič
Czech botanist, traveller, ethnographer, photographer and writer (1882–1944).
Born September 8th, 1882 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1944 at 62 years old in Libeň (tetanus). [ref]
Friedrich Kühn
German general (1889-1944).
Born August 7th, 1889 in Eutin.
Died February 15th, 1944 at 54 years old in Berlin.
Wim Anderiesen
Dutch footballer (1903-1944).
Born November 27th, 1903 in Amsterdam.
Died July 18th, 1944 at 40 years old in Amsterdam (pneumonia).
Mike Bookie
American soccer player (1904–1944).
Born September 12th, 1904 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 40 years old in Eglin Air Force Base.
Lubor Niederle
Czech archeologist (1865–1944).
Born September 20th, 1865 in Klatovy. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1944 at 78 years old in New Town (cerebral atherosclerosis, bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Heinz Hellmich
German generalleutnant during world war ii.
Born June 9th, 1890 in Karlsruhe.
Died June 17th, 1944 at 54 years old in Cherbourg-Octeville.
Julie Wolfthorn
German painter (1864-1944).
Born January 8th, 1864 in Toruń. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1944 at 80 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezín.
Katri Vala
Finnish poet (1901-1944).
Born September 11th, 1901 in Muonio.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 42 years old in Eksjö.
Burton L. King
American actor and director (1877–1944).
Born August 25th, 1877 in Cincinnati.
Died May 4th, 1944 at 66 years old in Hollywood.
Eugeniusz Lokajski
Polish javelin thrower, gymnast, military officer and photographer (1908-1944).
Born December 30th, 1909 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1944 at 34 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Vera Obolenskaya
French resistance fighter (1911–1944).
Born June 24th, 1911 in Moscow, Baku. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1944 at 33 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Inoue Tetsujirō
Japanese philosopher (1856–1944).
Born December 25th, 1856 in Dazaifu.
Died December 7th, 1944 at 87 years old in Koishikawa-ku. [ref]
Georg Bredig
German physicochemist (1868–1944).
Born October 1st, 1868 in Głogów.
Died April 24th, 1944 at 75 years old in New York City.
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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce