In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Ado Birk
Estonian politician (1883-1942).
Born November 14th, 1883 in Tarvastu Rural Municipality.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Sevurallag.
Juhan Kukk
Estonian politician (1885-1942).
Born April 13th, 1885 in Käru.
Died December 4th, 1942 at 57 years old in Soviet Union.
Hnat Khotkevych
Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musicologist, and bandurist.
Born December 19th, 1876 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1942 at 65 years old in Soviet Union.
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp
World war ii general.
Born March 29th, 1890 in Karlsruhe.
Died October 3rd, 1942 at 52 years old in Storozhevoye.
Bruno Bauch
German philosopher (1877–1942).
Born January 19th, 1877 in Osina Wielka.
Died February 27th, 1942 at 65 years old in Jena.
Annie Vivanti
Italian women poet and writer.
Born April 7th, 1866 in London.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in Turin (disease).
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
German language lyricist and holocaust victim (1924-1942).
Born February 5th, 1924 in Bukovina, Chernivtsi.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 18 years old in Mykhaylivka (typhus).
Meir Balaban
Polish historian.
Born February 20th, 1877 in Lviv. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1942 at 65 years old in Warsaw.
Robert Kosch
German officer.
Born April 5th, 1856 in Kłodzko.
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 86 years old in Berlin.
Bjørn Bjørnson
Norwegian actor and director (1859-1942).
Born November 15th, 1859 in Christiania.
Died May 14th, 1942 at 82 years old in Oslo.
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer