In the year 1944
704 Notable deaths
Adolf Reichwein
German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the spd, and resistance fighter in nazi germany (1898-1944).
Born October 3rd, 1898 in Bad Ems. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1944 at 46 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan archbishop of the ukrainian greek catholic church (1865-1944).
Born July 29th, 1865 in Prylbychi.
Died November 1st, 1944 at 79 years old in Lviv (influenza).
Takeo Takagi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born January 25th, 1892 in Fukushima Prefecture.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 52 years old in Saipan.
Regina Jonas
First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944).
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Berlin.
Died December 12th, 1944 at 42 years old in Auschwitz.
Emanuel Ringelblum
Polish historian (1900-1944).
Born November 21st, 1900 in Buchach.
Died March 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
René Daumal
French poet and novelist (1908–1944).
Born March 16th, 1908 in Paris.
Died May 21st, 1944 at 36 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Edith Durham
British artist (1863-1944).
Born December 8th, 1863 in London.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 80 years old in London.
Bruno Lüdke
German alleged serial killer (1908–1944).
Born April 3rd, 1908 in Köpenick. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Vienna.
Hans Graf von Sponeck
German general (1888–1944).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 56 years old in Germersheim (gunshot wound).
Philippe Henriot
French politician and entomologist (1889-1944).
Born January 7th, 1889 in Reims.
Died June 28th, 1944 at 55 years old in Paris.
Fritz von Scholz
German general, ᛋᛋ-gruppenführer (1896-1944).
Born December 9th, 1896 in Plzeň.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Narva.
Musa Cälil
Soviet poet.
Born February 15th, 1906 in Mostafa.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
George Ade
American writer, newspaper columnist and playwright (1866-1944).
Born February 7th, 1866 in Kentland.
Died May 16th, 1944 at 78 years old in Kentland.
Hotsumi Ozaki
Japanese journalist, communist and soviet spy (1901-1944).
Born April 29th, 1901 in Shiba-ku.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Petr Ginz
Czech victim of holocaust (1928–1944).
Born February 1st, 1928 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1944 at 16 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia).
Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer (1898–1944).
Born January 1st, 1898 in Český Těšín, Cieszyn.
Died October 18th, 1944 at 46 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia).
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
Head of the russian orthodox church (1867–1944).
Born January 23rd, 1867 in Arzamas.
Died May 15th, 1944 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Irvin S. Cobb
American writer (1876-1944).
Born June 23rd, 1876 in Paducah.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
Yvette Guilbert
French cabaret singer.
Born January 20th, 1865 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 79 years old in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Miklós Radnóti
Hungarian jewish christian poet (1909–1944).
Born May 5th, 1909 in Budapest.
Died November 10th, 1944 at 35 years old in Abda (gunshot wound).
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Danish prince (1887–1944).
Born March 4th, 1887 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died October 5th, 1944 at 57 years old in Egelund House.
Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg
German politician (1902-1944).
Born September 5th, 1902 in London.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Liviu Rebreanu
Romanian writer (1885-1944).
Born November 27th, 1885 in Târlișua.
Died September 1st, 1944 at 58 years old in Valea Mare-Podgoria (lung disease). [ref]
Benjamin Fondane
Romanian-french writer (1898–1944).
Born November 14th, 1898 in Iași.
Died October 3rd, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz.
Ramón Castillo
Former president of argentina (1873-1944).
Born November 20th, 1873 in Ancasti.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
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People living deeply have no fear of death. Anaïs Nin