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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Kaj Munk
Danish playwright (1898–1944).
Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg.
Lucien Pissarro
French painter (1863-1944).
Born February 20th, 1863 in Paris.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 81 years old in London.
Joseph Caillaux
French politician (1863-1944).
Born March 30th, 1863 in Le Mans. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1944 at 81 years old in Mamers. [ref]
Édouard de Castelnau
French general (1851–1944).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Saint-Affrique.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 92 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Pavel Haas
Czech composer.
Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Kakuji Kakuta
Japanese admiral (1890-1944).
Born September 23rd, 1890 in Niigata Prefecture.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 53 years old in Tinian.
Pavel Chesnokov
Russian composer (1877–1944).
Born October 24th, 1877 in Zvenigorodsky Uyezd.
Died March 14th, 1944 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Musa Cälil
Soviet poet.
Born February 15th, 1906 in Mostafa.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
German resistance member (1902-1944).
Born December 21st, 1902 in Copenhagen.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hendrikus Colijn
Dutch politician (1869-1944).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Burgerveen. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1944 at 75 years old in Ilmenau. [ref]
Deaths 231 to 240 of 628
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