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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Max Herrmann
German theatrologist.
Born May 14th, 1865 in Berlin.
Died November 17th, 1942 at 77 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Vera Timanova
Russian pianist.
Born February 18th, 1855 in Ufa.
Died February 22nd, 1942 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Alfred Asikainen
Olympic wrestler (1888-1942).
Born November 2nd, 1888 in Vyborg.
Died January 7th, 1942 at 53 years old in Helsinki.
Thomas Xenakis
Greek gymnast.
Born March 30th, 1875 in Naxos Island.
Died July 7th, 1942 at 67 years old in Orange.
Ernest Chuard
Member of the swiss federal council (1857-1942).
Born July 31st, 1857 in Corcelles-près-Payerne.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in Lausanne.
Hermann Harms
German botanist (1870-1942).
Born July 6th, 1870 in Berlin.
Died November 27th, 1942 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Ferdinand Albin Pax
German botanist and university teacher (1858–1942).
Born July 26th, 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem.
Died March 1st, 1942 at 83 years old in Wrocław.
Josef Svatopluk Machar
Czech politician, poet, publicist, politician and politic writer (1864-1942).
Born February 29th, 1864 in Kolín. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1942 at 78 years old in Střešovice. [ref]
Harald Tammer
Estonian weightlifter and politician (1899-1942).
Born January 9th, 1899 in Tallinn.
Died June 6th, 1942 at 43 years old in Unzhlag.
Zofia Zamenhof
Polish esperantist.
Born December 13th, 1889 in Kherson.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 52 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Deaths 381 to 390 of 472
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut