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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Père Jacques
Discalced carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, righteous among the nations (1900–1945).
Born January 29th, 1900 in Barentin.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 45 years old in Linz (tuberculosis).
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Serbian artist and poet (1909-1945).
Born November 5th, 1909 in Požarevac. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in New York City (horse fall). [ref]
Archduchess Carolina Maria of Austria
Archduchesse austria-tuscan imperial and royal (1869–1945).
Born September 5th, 1869 in Altmünster.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Thomas Lewis
British cardiologist (1881–1945).
Born December 26th, 1881 in Taff's Well.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 63 years old in Loudwater.
Ernst-Günther Baade
German general (1897-1945).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Pritzwalk.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 47 years old in Bad Segeberg.
Kuno von Westarp
German lawyer, civil servant and politician (dkp, dnvp, kvp), mdr (1864-1945).
Born August 12th, 1864 in Ludomy.
Died July 30th, 1945 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Rolf Carls
German admiral (1885–1945).
Born May 29th, 1885 in Rostock.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 59 years old in Bad Oldesloe.
Boris Galerkin
Russian mathematician (1871–1945).
Born March 4th, 1871 in Polatsk. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1945 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Nina Petrova
Wwii sniper, one of only four women to be full cavalier of order of glory (1893-1945).
Born July 27th, 1893 in Lomonosov.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 51 years old in Daleszewo.
Karl Decker
German general (1897-1945).
Born November 30th, 1897 in Szczecinek.
Died April 21st, 1945 at 47 years old in Groß Brunsrode.
Gottlieb Haberlandt
Austrian botanist (1854-1945).
Born November 28th, 1854 in Magyaróvár.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Erich Bärenfänger
German officer (1915-1945).
Born January 12th, 1915 in Menden (Sauerland).
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Berlin.
Osip Brik
Russian lawyer, literary critic and chekist (1888–1945).
Born January 28th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Eberhard Kinzel
German general and knight's cross recipients (1897-1945).
Born October 18th, 1897 in Friedenau.
Died May 23rd, 1945 at 47 years old in Idstedt.
Fritz Freitag
German general (1894–1945).
Born April 28th, 1894 in Olsztyn.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 51 years old in Graz.
Charles Fabry
French physicist.
Born June 11th, 1867 in Marseille.
Died December 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in Paris.
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
German ss general (1884-1945).
Born November 30th, 1884 in Blankenburg.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Halle (Saale) (gunshot wound).
Walter Wagner
German notary.
Born June 25th, 1907 in Berlin.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 37 years old in Berlin.
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
Turkish poet and writer (1865–1945).
Born February 12th, 1865 in Istanbul.
Died March 27th, 1945 at 80 years old in Istanbul.
Ada Negri
Italian poet, writer, and teacher (1870–1945).
Born February 3rd, 1870 in Lodi.
Died January 11th, 1945 at 74 years old in Milan (disease).
George Barbier
American actor.
Born November 19th, 1865 in Philadelphia.
Died July 19th, 1945 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Rafael Estrella Ureña
President of dominican republic (1889-1945).
Born November 10th, 1889 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died May 25th, 1945 at 55 years old
Franz Breithaupt
German ss general (1880–1945).
Born December 8th, 1880 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 64 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.
Kesago Nakajima
Japanese general (1881-1945).
Born June 15th, 1881 in Ōita Prefecture.
Died October 28th, 1945 at 64 years old
Yu Dafu
Chinese writer (1896–1945).
Born December 7th, 1896 in Fuyang District.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 48 years old in Payakumbuh.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 800
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan