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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Frank Campeau
Actor (1864-1943).
Born December 14th, 1864 in Detroit.
Died November 5th, 1943 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills.
Henner Henkel
German tennis player (1915-1943).
Born October 9th, 1915 in Poznań.
Died January 13th, 1943 at 27 years old in Voronezh (hypothermia).
Helga Deen
Author of a diary, discovered in 2004.
Born April 6th, 1925 in Szczecin.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 18 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Hans Woellke
German shot putter (1911-1943).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Biskupiec.
Died March 22nd, 1943 at 32 years old in Khatyn.
André Antoine
French actor and director (1858–1943).
Born January 31st, 1858 in Limoges. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1943 at 85 years old in Le Pouliguen. [ref]
Oswald Wirth
Swiss occultist.
Born August 5th, 1860 in Brienz. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1943 at 82 years old in Mouterre-sur-Blourde. [ref]
Max Eitingon
German psychoanalyst & physician.
Born June 26th, 1881 in Mogilev.
Died July 30th, 1943 at 62 years old in Jerusalem.
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872-1943).
Born March 25th, 1872 in Magome-juku.
Died August 22nd, 1943 at 71 years old in Ōiso (cerebral hemorrhage).
Robert Ranulph Marett
British ethnologist.
Born June 13th, 1866 in Jersey. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1943 at 76 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Actor (1862-1943).
Born August 4th, 1862 in Haimhausen.
Died December 25th, 1943 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills.
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