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In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Jura Soyfer
Austrian writer (1912–1939).
Born December 8th, 1912 in Kharkiv.
Died February 16th, 1939 at 26 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (typhus).
Madeleine Pelletier
French physician, psychiatrist, feminist, socialist, editor (1874-1939).
Born May 18th, 1874 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1939 at 65 years old in Épinay-sur-Orge (stroke). [ref]
Helen Ware
American stage and film actress (1877-1939).
Born October 15th, 1877 in San Francisco.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 61 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (disease).
Benedikt Livshits
Russian writer (1886–1938).
Born January 6th, 1887 in Odesa.
Died May 15th, 1939 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound).
Gerhard Wagner
Nazi physician (1888-1939).
Born August 18th, 1888 in Chorzów.
Died March 25th, 1939 at 50 years old in Munich (cancer).
Edmund Heller
American zoologist.
Born May 21st, 1875 in Freeport.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 64 years old in San Francisco.
Ferdinand von Quast
Prussian world war i general.
Born October 18th, 1850 in Neuruppin.
Died March 27th, 1939 at 88 years old in Potsdam.
Louis Trousselier
French racing cyclist (1881-1939).
Born June 29th, 1881 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Lisandro de la Torre
Argentine politician (1868–1939).
Born December 6th, 1868 in Rosario.
Died January 5th, 1939 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Otto Siffling
German footballer (1912-1939).
Born August 3rd, 1912 in Mannheim.
Died October 20th, 1939 at 27 years old in Mannheim (pleurisy).
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