In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
George Ade
American writer, newspaper columnist and playwright (1866-1944).
Born February 9th, 1866 in Kentland.
Died May 16th, 1944 at 78 years old in Kentland.
René Daumal
French poet and novelist (1908–1944).
Born March 16th, 1908 in Paris.
Died May 21st, 1944 at 36 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan archbishop of the ukrainian greek catholic church (1865-1944).
Born July 29th, 1865 in Prylbychi. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1944 at 79 years old in Lviv (influenza). [ref]
Philippe Henriot
French politician and entomologist (1889-1944).
Born January 7th, 1889 in Reims.
Died June 28th, 1944 at 55 years old in Paris.
Adolf Reichwein
German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the spd, and resistance fighter in nazi germany (1898-1944).
Born October 3rd, 1898 in Bad Ems. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1944 at 46 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer (1898–1944).
Born January 1st, 1898 in Český Těšín, Cieszyn.
Died October 18th, 1944 at 46 years old in Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia).
Petr Ginz
Czech victim of holocaust (1928–1944).
Born February 1st, 1928 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1944 at 16 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia).
Irvin S. Cobb
American writer (1876-1944).
Born June 23rd, 1876 in Paducah.
Died March 11th, 1944 at 67 years old in New York City.
Hotsumi Ozaki
Japanese journalist.
Born April 29th, 1901 in Shirakawa-gō.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Toshima-ku (hanging).
Yvette Guilbert
French cabaret singer.
Born January 20th, 1865 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 3rd, 1944 at 79 years old in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman