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In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Günther Korten
German colonel general and chief of the general staff of the luftwaffe in world war ii.
Born July 26th, 1898 in Cologne.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).
Charles Glover Barkla
English physicist (1877-1944).
Born June 7th, 1877 in Widnes.
Died October 23rd, 1944 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Jakob Johann von Uexküll
Baltic german biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944).
Born September 8th, 1864 in Koonga Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1944 at 79 years old in Capri.
Regina Jonas
First woman rabbi.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Berlin.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 42 years old in Auschwitz.
Takeo Takagi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born January 25th, 1892 in Fukushima Prefecture.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 52 years old in Saipan.
Emanuel Ringelblum
Polish historian (1900-1944).
Born November 21st, 1900 in Buchach.
Died March 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Edith Durham
British artist (1863-1944).
Born December 8th, 1863 in London.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 80 years old in London.
Fritz von Scholz
German general, ᛋᛋ-gruppenführer (1896-1944).
Born December 9th, 1896 in Plzeň.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Narva.
Bruno Lüdke
German alleged serial killer.
Born April 3rd, 1908 in Köpenick.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Vienna.
Hans Graf von Sponeck
German general (1888–1944).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 56 years old in Germersheim (gunshot wound).
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