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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Archibald James Murray
British army officer, 1860 –1945 (1860–1945).
Born April 21st, 1860 in Kingsclere.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 84 years old in Reigate.
Theodor Dannecker
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1913–1945).
Born March 27th, 1913 in Tübingen.
Died December 10th, 1945 at 32 years old in Bad Tölz. [ref]
Arthur Wynne
Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Liverpool.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Clearwater.
Yi U
Prince of korea (1912–1945).
Born November 15th, 1912 in Seoul.
Died August 7th, 1945 at 32 years old in Hiroshima (atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
Royal navy officer (1872-1945).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Punjab.
Died December 26th, 1945 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Mark Sandrich
American film director (1900–1945).
Born October 26th, 1900 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1945 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Adolf Brand
German writer (1874-1945).
Born November 14th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Johanna Bormann
German nazi concentration camp guard (1893–1945).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Birkenfelde.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging to death).
Zinaida Gippius
Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945).
Born November 20th, 1869 in Belyov. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1945 at 75 years old in Paris.
Elizabeth Bibesco
British writer, and romanian princess (1897–1945).
Born February 26th, 1897 in London.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 48 years old in Bucharest (pneumonia).
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Danish princess; sixth child and third daughter of frederick viii of denmark and louise of sweden (1880-1945).
Born March 14th, 1880 in Amalienborg.
Died November 2nd, 1945 at 65 years old in Copenhagen.
Gottlieb Hering
Ss officer, second commandant of bełżec extermination camp (1887-1945).
Born June 2nd, 1887 in Warmbronn.
Died October 9th, 1945 at 58 years old in Kernen im Remstal.
Mile Budak
Croatian ustaše politician; writer, editor (1889-1945).
Born August 30th, 1889 in Sveti Rok.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 55 years old in Zagreb (hanging to death).
Josep Maria Sert
Spanish artist (1874-1945).
Born December 22nd, 1874 in Barcelona.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 70 years old in Barcelona.
Dmitry Karbyshev
Soviet lieutenant general, former officer of the russian imperial army, hero of the soviet union (1880–1945).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Omsk.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 64 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (hypothermia).
Hermann Florstedt
German nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born February 18th, 1895 in Bitche.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 50 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Albert Sauer
German nazi concentration camp commandant (1898–1945).
Born August 17th, 1898 in Międzyzdroje.
Died May 3rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Falkensee.
Petar Bojović
Serbian military officer (1858–1945).
Born July 16th, 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš.
Died January 19th, 1945 at 86 years old in Belgrade (blunt trauma). [ref]
Masahiko Amakasu
Officer/imperial japanese army (1891-1945).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Yamagata Prefecture.
Died August 20th, 1945 at 54 years old in Changchun (cyanide poisoning).
Klaus Bonhoeffer
German reistance fighter (1901-1945).
Born January 5th, 1901 in Wrocław.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Nikola Mandić
Croatian politician (1869-1945).
Born January 20th, 1869 in Travnik.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zagreb.
Rupert Mayer
German jesuit priest and leading figure of the catholic resistance movement in nazi germany in munich (1876-1945).
Born January 23rd, 1876 in Stuttgart.
Died November 1st, 1945 at 69 years old in Munich (stroke).
Werner Ostendorff
German general (1903-1945).
Born August 15th, 1903 in Königsberg.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Bad Aussee (gangrene).
Takeshi Mori
Japanese general (1894–1945).
Born April 25th, 1894 in Kōchi-shi. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1945 at 51 years old in Kōjimachi-ku (wound, homicide by firearm).
Charles Simmons
British gymnast (1885-1945).
Born December 24th, 1885 in Islington.
Died February 15th, 1945 at 59 years old in Cricklewood.
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