In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Regina Jonas
First woman rabbi.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Berlin.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 42 years old in Auschwitz.
Felix Nussbaum
German jewish painter, murdered by nazis in the holocaust (1904–1944).
Born December 11th, 1904 in Germany. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Miguel Asín Palacios
Spanish historian (1871-1944).
Born July 5th, 1871 in Zaragoza. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1944 at 73 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Hàm Nghi
Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944).
Born August 3rd, 1871 in Huế. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 72 years old in French Algeria (disease). [ref]
Motobu Chōki
Okinawan karateka.
Born April 5th, 1870 in Shuri.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 74 years old in Shuri.
Günther Korten
German colonel general and chief of the general staff of the luftwaffe in world war ii.
Born July 26th, 1898 in Cologne.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 45 years old in Kętrzyn (explosive device).
Takeo Takagi
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born January 25th, 1892 in Fukushima Prefecture.
Died July 8th, 1944 at 52 years old in Saipan (killed in action).
Joseph Jastrow
American psychologist (1863-1944).
Born January 30th, 1863 in Warsaw.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 80 years old in Stockbridge.
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).
Emanuel Ringelblum
Polish historian (1900-1944).
Born November 21st, 1900 in Buchach. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Warsaw, Pawiak (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 181 to 190 of 562
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs