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In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Yolande Beekman
French soe agent (1911–1944).
Born November 7th, 1911 in Paris.
Died September 13th, 1944 at 32 years old in Dachau concentration camp (gunshot wound).
Eugen Steinach
Austrian physiologist and sexologist (1861-1944).
Born January 28th, 1861 in Hohenems.
Died May 14th, 1944 at 83 years old in Territet.
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Dutch-american historian, journalist, illustrator, and author (1882-1944).
Born January 14th, 1882 in Rotterdam.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 62 years old in Old Greenwich.
Florine Stettheimer
American painter and designer.
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Adolph Wagner
German nazi politician (1890-1944).
Born October 1st, 1890 in Algrange.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Bad Reichenhall (cerebrovascular disease).
Motobu Chōki
Okinawan karateka.
Born April 5th, 1870 in Shuri.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 74 years old in Shuri.
Josef Bürckel
German nazi politician, gauleiter of vienna (1895-1944).
Born March 30th, 1895 in Lingenfeld.
Died September 28th, 1944 at 49 years old in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Hideyoshi Obata
Imperial japanese army general.
Born April 2nd, 1890 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died August 11th, 1944 at 54 years old in Guam.
Otto von Below
German general (1857–1944).
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland.
Felix Nussbaum
German jewish painter, murdered by nazis in the holocaust (1904–1944).
Born December 11th, 1904 in Osnabrück.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 627
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire