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In the year 1942
523 Notable deaths
Käthe Loewenthal
German painter and holocaust victim (1877-1942).
Born March 27th, 1877 in Berlin.
Died April 26th, 1942 at 65 years old in Izbica (Lublin Voivodeship) Ghetto.
Berta Pīpiņa
Latvian politician, writer and journalist.
Born September 28th, 1883 in Code Parish.
Died November 14th, 1942 at 59 years old in Siberia. [ref]
Roberto María Ortiz
Former president of argentina (1886-1942).
Born September 24th, 1886 in Buenos Aires.
Died July 15th, 1942 at 55 years old in Buenos Aires (diabetes).
Odo Bujwid
Polish biologist and esperantist (1857–1942).
Born November 30th, 1857 in Vilnius.
Died December 26th, 1942 at 85 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Albert Siklós
Hungarian composer (1878-1942).
Born June 26th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died April 3rd, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Yvonne Prévost
French tennis player.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Kingdom of France.
Died March 3rd, 1942 at 63 years old in Paris.
Eugenie Goldstern
Austrian geographer (1884–1942).
Born March 13th, 1884 in Odesa. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1942 at 58 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Hermann Kobold
German astronomer (1858-1942).
Born August 5th, 1858 in Hanover.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 83 years old in Kiel.
Ekaterina Lermontova
Russian paleontologist (1889-1942).
Born February 11th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1942 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Antonín Hudeček
Czech painter (1872-1941).
Born January 14th, 1872 in Loucká, Redhost. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1942 at 70 years old in Častolovice. [ref]
Deaths 481 to 490 of 523
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