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In the year 1945
800 Notable deaths
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
German general (1894-1945).
Born May 8th, 1894 in Strasbourg.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 51 years old in Upper Austria (gunshot wound).
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
German resistance fighter (1907–1945).
Born March 11th, 1907 in Krzyżowa.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German female aviator and test pilot in german luftwaffe dive bombers during world war ii.
Born January 9th, 1903 in Krotoszyn.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 42 years old in Straßkirchen.
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Soviet general (1906–1945).
Born June 29th, 1906 in Oksanyna.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 38 years old in Pieniężno.
Takijirō Ōnishi
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1891-1945).
Born June 2nd, 1891 in Ashida.
Died August 16th, 1945 at 54 years old in Nanpeidaichō (seppuku).
Shizuichi Tanaka
Japanese general (1887-1945).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died August 24th, 1945 at 57 years old in Tokyo.
Dimitrije Ljotić
Serbian fascist politician (1891-1945).
Born August 12th, 1891 in Belgrade.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 53 years old in Ajdovščina Municipality (traffic collision).
Paul Giesler
German nazi party functionary, premier of bavaria (1895-1945).
Born June 15th, 1895 in Siegen.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 49 years old in Bischofswiesen.
Albert Jay Nock
American journalist (1870-1945).
Born October 13th, 1870 in Scranton.
Died August 19th, 1945 at 74 years old in Wakefield (leukemia).
Hans von Dohnányi
Hungarian-born german jurist, member of the german resistance (1902–1945).
Born January 1st, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 43 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp (hanging to death).
Hans Fischer
German chemist (1881–1945).
Born July 27th, 1881 in Höchst.
Died March 31st, 1945 at 63 years old in Munich.
Hermann Kallenbach
South african architect (1871–1945).
Born March 1st, 1871 in Žemaičių Naumiestis.
Died March 25th, 1945 at 74 years old in South Africa.
August Hirt
German anatomist and ss officer (1898-1945).
Born April 29th, 1898 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Schluchsee.
Mário de Andrade
Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945).
Born October 9th, 1893 in São Paulo.
Died February 25th, 1945 at 51 years old in São Paulo.
Julian Scherner
German politician (1895-1945).
Born September 23rd, 1895 in Bagamoyo.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 49 years old in Niepołomice.
Duy Tân
Vietnamese emperor (1899-1945).
Born September 19th, 1900 in Imperial City of Hue.
Died December 25th, 1945 at 45 years old in Lobaye Prefecture.
Kenji Hatanaka
Japanese military officer and conspirator (1912-1945).
Born March 28th, 1912 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 33 years old in Tokyo (gunshot wound).
Bernhard Rust
German holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945).
Born September 30th, 1883 in Hanover.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 61 years old in Nübel.
Otto Kittel
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1917–1945).
Born February 21st, 1917 in Krasov.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 27 years old in Džūkste Parish.
Franz Schädle
Schutzstaffel officer (1906-1945).
Born November 19th, 1906 in Westerheim.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 38 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Harry Chauvel
Australian army officer (1865–1945).
Born April 16th, 1865 in Tabulam.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 79 years old in Melbourne.
Heinrich Maier
Roman catholic priest (1908–1945).
Born February 16th, 1908 in Grossweikersdorf. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 37 years old in Vienna. [ref]
William Grover-Williams
Racecar driver (1903–1945).
Born January 16th, 1903 in Montrouge.
Died March 18th, 1945 at 42 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Herbert Lange
Ss officer (1909–1945).
Born September 29th, 1909 in Ziethen.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 35 years old in Bernau bei Berlin.
Maria Skobtsova
Russian saint (1891–1945).
Born December 20th, 1891 in Riga.
Died March 31st, 1945 at 53 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (gas chamber).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 800
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler