In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Mala Zimetbaum
Belgian jew resistance member (1918–1944).
Born January 26th, 1918 in Brzesko.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 26 years old in Auschwitz.
Helmut Lent
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born June 13th, 1918 in Pyrzany.
Died October 7th, 1944 at 26 years old in Paderborn.
James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist.
Born May 25th, 1860 in Easton.
Died January 20th, 1944 at 83 years old in Lancaster.
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Archduchess of austria (1867-1944).
Born May 31st, 1867 in Dresden.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 76 years old in Schloss Wildenwart.
Lina Cavalieri
Italian operatic soprano (1874-1944).
Born December 25th, 1874 in Viterbo.
Died February 8th, 1944 at 69 years old in Florence, Fiesole (airstrike).
Charles L. McNary
United states senator from oregon.
Born June 12th, 1874 in Salem.
Died February 25th, 1944 at 69 years old in Fort Lauderdale (brain cancer).
Yoshitsugu Saitō
Japanese general (1890–1944).
Born November 2nd, 1890 in Tokyo.
Died July 10th, 1944 at 53 years old in Saipan.
Frederick Schiller Faust
American novelist, and short story writer.
Born May 29th, 1893 in Seattle.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 50 years old in Santa Maria Infante.
Aliya Moldagulova
Soviet kazakh sniper and heroine of the soviet union (1925–1944).
Born October 25th, 1925 in Bulaq.
Died January 14th, 1944 at 18 years old in Nasva.
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf
German politician (1896-1944).
Born October 14th, 1896 in Merseburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 47 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner