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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Milena Jesenská
Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944).
Born August 10th, 1896 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1944 at 47 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (kidney failure). [ref]
Adolf Diekmann
Ss officer.
Born December 18th, 1914 in Magdeburg.
Died June 29th, 1944 at 29 years old in Normandy.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
President of finland (1861–1944).
Born December 15th, 1861 in Sääksmäki. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1944 at 82 years old in Kotkaniemi.
Frederic John Walker
Royal navy captain.
Born June 3rd, 1896 in Plymouth.
Died July 9th, 1944 at 48 years old in Seaforth.
Arthur Quiller-Couch
British writer and literary critic (1863–1944).
Born November 21st, 1863 in Bodmin. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1944 at 80 years old in Fowey (traffic collision). [ref]
Mala Zimetbaum
Belgian jew resistance member.
Born January 26th, 1922 in Brzesko.
Died September 15th, 1944 at 22 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
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.
Bud Jamison
Actor (1894-1944).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Vallejo. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1944 at 50 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer). [ref]
Józef Beck
Polish diplomat and military officer (1894-1944).
Born October 4th, 1894 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1944 at 49 years old in Stănești (tuberculosis). [ref]
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal
Archduchess of austria.
Born August 24th, 1855 in Kleinheubach.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 562
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson