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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Robert Brasillach
French author and journalist (1909–1945).
Born March 31st, 1909 in Perpignan.
Died February 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in Fort de Montrouge (gunshot wound).
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
William Seabrook
American journalist (1884–1945).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Westminster.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 61 years old in Rhinebeck.
Otto Neurath
Austrian economist, philosopher and sociologist (1882–1945).
Born December 10th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died December 22nd, 1945 at 63 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
British princess; youngest child of alexander duff, 1st duke of fife, and louise, princess royal (1893–1945).
Born April 3rd, 1893 in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Died December 14th, 1945 at 52 years old in London (bronchitis).
Heinrich Ehrler
German world war ii fighter pilot (1917–1945).
Born September 14th, 1917 in Lauda-Königshofen.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Robert Desnos
French writer.
Born July 4th, 1910 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 8th, 1945 at 34 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp (typhoid fever).
Eoin MacNeill
Irish politician and scholar (1867-1945).
Born May 15th, 1867 in Glenarm.
Died October 15th, 1945 at 78 years old in Dublin.
Walter Bradford Cannon
American physiologist (1871-1945).
Born October 19th, 1871 in Wisconsin.
Died October 1st, 1945 at 73 years old in Franklin.
Margot Asquith
British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945).
Born February 2nd, 1864 in Peeblesshire.
Died July 28th, 1945 at 81 years old in Greater London.
Richard Thomalla
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born October 23rd, 1903 in Sowin, Opole Voivodeship.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 41 years old in Jičín (gunshot wound).
Stamen Grigorov
Bulgarian physician and microbiologist (1878-1945).
Born October 27th, 1878 in Studen izvor.
Died October 27th, 1945 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Seiichi Itō
Japanese admiral (1890–1945).
Born July 26th, 1890 in Miyama.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 54 years old in East China Sea.
Else Lasker-Schüler
Jewish german poet (1869–1945).
Born February 11th, 1869 in Elberfeld.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 75 years old in Jerusalem.
Eileen O'Shaughnessy
British psychologist and writer (1905–1945).
Born September 25th, 1905 in South Shields.
Died March 29th, 1945 at 39 years old in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Thomas McGuire
United states army officer (1920–1945).
Born August 1st, 1920 in Ridgewood.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 24 years old in Negros.
Hajime Sugiyama
Imperial japanese field marshal (1880–1945).
Born January 1st, 1880 in Kokura.
Died September 12th, 1945 at 65 years old in Tokyo.
Fritz Klein
Romanian-born german nazi physician, camp doctor and convicted war criminal (1888-1945).
Born November 24th, 1888 in Codlea.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 57 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Walther Hewel
German diplomat (1904-1945).
Born January 2nd, 1904 in Cologne.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Leonardo Conti
Physician, nazi officer (1900-1945).
Born August 24th, 1900 in Lugano.
Died October 6th, 1945 at 45 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Rudolf von Sebottendorf
German antisemite, freemason and founder of the thule society (1875-1945).
Born November 9th, 1875 in Hoyerswerda.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 69 years old in Egypt, Turkey.
Alfred Meyer
German nazi official (1891-1945).
Born October 5th, 1891 in Göttingen.
Died April 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in Hessisch Oldendorf.
Erwin Planck
German politician (1893-1945).
Born March 12th, 1893 in Charlottenburg.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 51 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Kan'in Kotohito
Japanese prince and general (1865–1945).
Born November 10th, 1865 in Kyoto.
Died May 21st, 1945 at 79 years old in Odawara.
Ernst Busch
German field marshal (1885-1945).
Born July 6th, 1885 in Steele.
Died July 17th, 1945 at 60 years old in Aldershot (cardiovascular disease).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 800
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner