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In the year 1944
628 Notable deaths
Rudolf Harbig
German middle distance runner (1913–1944).
Born November 8th, 1913 in Dresden.
Died March 5th, 1944 at 30 years old in Kropyvnytskyi.
Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
Hungarian politician (1886-1944).
Born July 6th, 1886 in Szarvas.
Died December 24th, 1944 at 58 years old in Sopronkőhida (hanging).
Lev Shestakov
Soviet flying ace.
Born December 28th, 1915 in Avdiivka.
Died March 13th, 1944 at 28 years old in Khmelnytskyi Raion.
Jędrzej Moraczewski
Prime minister of the second polish republic (1870–1944).
Born January 13th, 1870 in Trzemeszno.
Died August 5th, 1944 at 74 years old in Sulejówek.
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Turkish poet (1869-1944).
Born May 13th, 1869 in Beşiktaş. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 74 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Max Josef Metzger
German priest (1887–1944).
Born February 3rd, 1887 in Schopfheim. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1944 at 57 years old in Görden.
Vera Belik
Soviet air force navigator, heroine of the soviet union.
Born June 12th, 1921 in Okhrimivka, Yakymivka Raion.
Died August 25th, 1944 at 23 years old in Zambrów (killed in action).
Gabriel Hanotaux
French statesman and historian (1853-1944).
Born November 19th, 1853 in Beaurevoir.
Died April 11th, 1944 at 90 years old in Paris.
Endre Steiner
Hungarian chess player.
Born June 27th, 1901 in Budapest.
Died December 29th, 1944 at 43 years old in Budapest, extermination camp.
Robert Bernardis
Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill german dictator adolf hitler in the july 20 plot in 1944.
Born August 7th, 1908 in Innsbruck.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 36 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
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