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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Guido Buffarini Guidi
Italian army officer and politician (1895-1945).
Born August 17th, 1895 in Pisa.
Died July 10th, 1945 at 49 years old in Milan (gunshot wound).
Constantin Tănase
Romanian actor, writer for stage, coupletist, and humorist (1880-1945).
Born July 5th, 1880 in Vaslui.
Died August 29th, 1945 at 65 years old in Bucharest.
Pope Macarius III of Alexandria
Pope of the coptic orthodox church (1872–1945).
Born February 18th, 1872 in El Mahalla El Kubra.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Kurt von der Chevallerie
German general and knight's cross recipients (1891-1945).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Berlin.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kołobrzeg.
Gilbert Emery
American actor (1875-1945).
Born June 11th, 1875 in Naples.
Died December 28th, 1945 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.
Joachim Rumohr
German world war ii person (1910-1945).
Born August 6th, 1910 in Hamburg.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 34 years old in Budapest.
José Agripino Barnet
Cuban politician and diplomat (1864-1945).
Born June 23rd, 1864 in Barcelona.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 81 years old in Havana.
Arthur Korn
German physicist and mathematician (1870–1945).
Died December 22nd, 1945 at 75 years old in Jersey City.
Hugo Jury
Austrian politician (1887-1945).
Born July 13th, 1887 in Radiměř. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1945 at 57 years old in Zwettl (gunshot wound).
Shalva Loladze
Soviet air force officer (1916-1945).
Born April 16th, 1916 in Tbilisi.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 29 years old in Texel.
Maria Lacerda de Moura
Brazilian journalist, feminist, anarchist (1897-1945).
Born May 16th, 1887 in Manhuaçu.
Died March 20th, 1945 at 57 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Adolf Bertram
German cardinal (1859-1945).
Born March 14th, 1859 in Hildesheim.
Died July 6th, 1945 at 86 years old in Jánský Vrch.
Percy Sykes
British general, diplomat and scholar (1867–1945).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Brompton.
Died June 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in London.
Wilhelm Cauer
German mathematician and scientist (1900–1945).
Born June 24th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin.
Paul Thümmel
German counterintelligence agent (1902–1945).
Born January 15th, 1902 in Neuhausen.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 43 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress, Terezín (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Murr
German politician (1888-1945).
Born December 16th, 1888 in Esslingen am Neckar.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 56 years old in Egg (cyanide poisoning).
Sōsaku Suzuki
Japanese general (1891–1945).
Born September 27th, 1891 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died April 19th, 1945 at 53 years old in Philippines.
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
German writer (1884-1945).
Born August 11th, 1884 in Maleczewo.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 60 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus, gunshot wound).
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
Polish poet (1891–1945).
Born November 24th, 1891 in Kraków.
Died July 9th, 1945 at 53 years old in Manchester (cancer).
Edward Okuń
Polish painter (1872-1945).
Born September 21st, 1872 in Warsaw.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 72 years old in Skierniewice.
Kōsaku Aruga
Japanese admiral (1897–1945).
Born August 21st, 1897 in Tatsuno.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 47 years old in East China Sea.
Alexander Khatisian
Armenian politician (1874–1945).
Born February 17th, 1874 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser
German ss general (1890-1945).
Born January 18th, 1890 in Hof.
Died February 10th, 1945 at 55 years old in Gniechowice.
Salomėja Nėris
Lithuanian writer (1904-1945).
Born November 17th, 1904 in Kiršai.
Died July 7th, 1945 at 40 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Petar Drapšin
Yugoslav partisan lieutenant general (1914－1945).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Srbobran.
Died November 2nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe