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In the year 1945
747 Notable deaths
Achille Starace
Italian fascist general (1889-1945).
Born August 18th, 1889 in Sannicola. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1945 at 55 years old in Milan (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Max Ehrmann
American writer, poet, and attorney (1872–1945).
Born September 26th, 1872 in Terre Haute.
Died September 9th, 1945 at 72 years old in Terre Haute.
Karl Fritzsch
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Sigmund Rascher
German schutzstaffel doctor (1909–1945).
Born February 12th, 1909 in Munich.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 36 years old in Dachau concentration camp (execution by shooting).
Eduard Wirths
German nazi physician (1909–1945).
Born September 4th, 1909 in Geroldshausen.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 36 years old in Staumühle (hanging).
Mitsuru Ushijima
General in the imperial japanese army.
Born July 31st, 1887 in Kagoshima.
Died June 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Okinawa (stabbing). [ref]
Takeichi Nishi
Japanese army officer and equestrian (1902-1945).
Born July 12th, 1902 in Kōgaichō.
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 42 years old in Iwo Jima.
René Lalique
French glass designer (1860–1945).
Born April 6th, 1860 in Aÿ. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1945 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Emil Hácha
Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945).
Born July 12th, 1872 in Trhové Sviny. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1945 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]
Aleksey Tolstoy
Russian-soviet writer (1883-1945).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Pugachyov.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Filipino heroine and suffragist (1898–1945).
Born September 20th, 1898 in Dingras.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 46 years old in Manila.
Ernst Cassirer
German philosopher.
Born July 28th, 1874 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1945 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rudolf Lange
Ss officer (1910-1945).
Born April 18th, 1910 in Weißwasser.
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 34 years old in Poznań.
Bobby Hutchins
American actor (1925–1945).
Born March 29th, 1925 in Tacoma.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 20 years old in Merced.
Isamu Chō
Japanese general (1895-1945).
Born January 19th, 1895 in Fukuoka.
Died June 23rd, 1945 at 50 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (stabbing).
Pietro Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945).
Born December 7th, 1863 in Livorno.
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 81 years old in Rome.
Joseph Darnand
French ss officer (1897-1945).
Born March 19th, 1897 in Coligny.
Died October 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Châtillon (gunshot wound).
Walraven van Hall
Dutch banker and resistance leader (1906-1945).
Born February 10th, 1906 in Amsterdam.
Died February 12th, 1945 at 39 years old in Jan Gijzenbrug (gunshot wound, execution).
Hans Geiger
German physicist (1882–1945).
Born September 30th, 1882 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Died September 24th, 1945 at 62 years old in Potsdam.
Franz Werfel
Austrian-bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
German princess.
Born May 12th, 1879 in Potsdam.
Died August 26th, 1945 at 66 years old in Kowary.
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
German navy officer, u-boot commander, admiral in the kriegsmarine (1895-1945).
Born July 15th, 1895 in Strasbourg.
Died May 23rd, 1945 at 49 years old in Flensburg (cyanide poisoning).
Kurt Gerstein
Ss officer; aid to nazi resistance.
Born August 11th, 1905 in Münster. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Paris (hanging). [ref]
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovak german nation politician (1898-1945).
Born May 6th, 1898 in Vratislavice nad Nisou. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1945 at 47 years old in Plzeň (bleeding). [ref]
Franz Ziereis
German ss officer, commandant of the mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945).
Born August 13th, 1905 in Munich.
Died May 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Gusen concentration camp.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 747
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson