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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Max Ehrlich
German actor, director, screenwriter (1892–1944).
Born December 7th, 1892 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1944 at 51 years old in Auschwitz.
Anton Hafner
German world war ii fighter pilot.
Born June 2nd, 1918 in Erbach.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 26 years old in Gusev.
Max Nettlau
German anarchist and historian.
Born April 30th, 1865 in Neuwaldegg.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Peter Struve
Russian journalist (1870–1944).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Perm.
Died February 26th, 1944 at 74 years old in Paris.
Grace Chisholm Young
English mathematician (1878–1944).
Born March 15th, 1878 in Haslemere.
Died March 29th, 1944 at 66 years old in Croydon.
David Eugene Smith
American mathematician (1860–1944).
Born January 21st, 1860 in Cortland.
Died July 29th, 1944 at 84 years old in New York City.
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
Artist (1868-1944).
Born June 6th, 1868 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1944 at 75 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia). [ref]
Heinrich Knirr
German painter.
Born September 2nd, 1862 in Pančevo. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1944 at 81 years old in Staudach-Egerndach. [ref]
Henryk Sławik
Polish politician, social worker, activist, and diplomat (1894-1944).
Born July 15th, 1894 in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Szeroka.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 50 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp, Gusen concentration camp (hanging, execution).
Nelson Stepanyan
Soviet aviator.
Born March 28th, 1913 in Shusha.
Died December 14th, 1944 at 31 years old in Liepāja (killed in action).
Deaths 341 to 350 of 628
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