In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
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.
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.
Friedrich Mieth
German general and knight's cross recipients (1888–1944).
Born June 4th, 1888 in Eberswalde.
Died September 2nd, 1944 at 56 years old in Iași.
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]
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.
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.
Ulrich Wilcken
German historian (1862–1944).
Born December 18th, 1862 in Szczecin.
Died December 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in Baden-Baden.
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.
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]
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.
Hélène Metzger
French philosopher (1889-1944).
Born August 26th, 1889 in Chatou.
Died March 7th, 1944 at 54 years old in Auschwitz.
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.
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.
Wilhelm Wegener
Wehrmacht general (1895-1944).
Born April 29th, 1895 in Beeskow.
Died September 24th, 1944 at 49 years old in Valmiera.
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.
André Devambez
French painter, illustrator and etcher (1867-1944).
Born May 26th, 1867 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 18th, 1944 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Wim Anderiesen
Dutch footballer (1903-1944).
Born November 27th, 1903 in Amsterdam.
Died July 18th, 1944 at 40 years old in Amsterdam (pneumonia).
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.
Inoue Tetsujirō
Japanese philosopher (1856–1944).
Born December 25th, 1856 in Dazaifu.
Died December 7th, 1944 at 87 years old in Koishikawa-ku. [ref]
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.
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).
Thomas Curtis
American athlete (1873–1944).
Born January 9th, 1873 in San Francisco.
Died May 23rd, 1944 at 71 years old in Nahant.
Irma Bandiera
Italian partisan (1915–1944).
Born April 8th, 1915 in Bologna.
Died August 14th, 1944 at 29 years old in Bologna (gunshot wound). [ref]
Deaths 526 to 550 of 704
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