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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Franz Kutschera
Austrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944).
Born February 22nd, 1904 in Oberwaltersdorf.
Died February 1st, 1944 at 39 years old in Warsaw.
Georges Mandel
French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).
Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution). [ref]
Dick Purcell
American actor, best known for playing marvel comics' captain america in the 1943 film serial.
Born August 6th, 1908 in Greenwich.
Died April 10th, 1944 at 35 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Eduard Wagner
German army general and quartermaster-general (1894-1944).
Born April 1st, 1894 in Kirchenlamitz.
Died July 23rd, 1944 at 50 years old in Zossen (shot to the head).
Paul Otlet
Belgian author, librarian and colonial thinker.
Born August 23rd, 1868 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1944 at 76 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Edward Johnston
British craftsman, calligrapher and typographer.
Born February 11th, 1872 in San José de Mayo. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1944 at 72 years old in West Sussex. [ref]
Gustav Bauer
German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944).
Born January 6th, 1870 in Ozyorsk. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1944 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Ulrich von Hassell
German diplomat and resistance fighter against national socialism (1881–1944).
Born November 12th, 1881 in Anklam. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1944 at 62 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Yolande Beekman
French soe agent.
Born November 7th, 1911 in Paris.
Died September 13th, 1944 at 32 years old in Dachau concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Princess Der Ling
Multiracial historian of chinese-american descent (1885-1944), lady-in-waiting of empress dowager cixi.
Born June 8th, 1885 in Wuchang District.
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 59 years old in Berkeley (struck by vehicle).
Deaths 161 to 170 of 562
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