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In the year 1944
562 Notable deaths
Bruno Lüdke
German alleged serial killer.
Born April 3rd, 1908 in Köpenick.
Died April 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Vienna.
Adolph Wagner
German politician (1890-1944).
Born October 1st, 1890 in Algrange.
Died April 12th, 1944 at 53 years old in Bad Reichenhall (cerebrovascular disease).
Petr Ginz
Czech esperantist.
Born February 1st, 1928 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1944 at 16 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia).
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the nazi régime (1901-1944).
Born March 19th, 1901 in Paderborn.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Edith Durham
British artist (1863-1944).
Born December 8th, 1863 in South Africa. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1944 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
René Daumal
French poet and novelist.
Born March 16th, 1908 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1944 at 36 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Fritz von Scholz
German general, ᛋᛋ-gruppenführer.
Born December 9th, 1896 in Plzeň.
Died July 28th, 1944 at 47 years old in Narva.
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born August 14th, 1916 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 27 years old in Stendal (killed in action).
Liviu Rebreanu
Romanian writer (1885-1944).
Born November 27th, 1885 in Târlișua. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1944 at 58 years old in Valea Mare-Podgoria (lung disease). [ref]
Joseph Maréchal
Belgian jesuit priest and philosopher (1878–1944).
Born July 1st, 1878 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1944 at 66 years old in Leuven.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 562
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown