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In the year 1944
581 Notable deaths
Josef Lhévinne
Pianist.
Born December 13th, 1874 in Oryol. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City. [ref]
Friedrich Alpers
German general (1901-1944).
Born March 25th, 1901 in Sonnenberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 43 years old in Mons.
Édouard de Castelnau
French general during world war i (1851-1944).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Saint-Affrique. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1944 at 92 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Emil Lang
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born January 14th, 1909 in Fraunberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 35 years old (killed in action).
Leone Ginzburg
Italian writer and activist (1909-1944).
Born April 4th, 1909 in Odesa.
Died February 5th, 1944 at 34 years old in Rome (torture).
Erich Salomon
German photojournalist (1886-1944).
Born April 28th, 1886 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Eugene Chen
Chinese revolutionary (1878-1944).
Born July 2nd, 1878 in San Fernando.
Died November 20th, 1944 at 66 years old in Shanghai.
Paul Cornu
French engineer.
Born June 15th, 1881 in Glos-la-Ferrière.
Died June 6th, 1944 at 62 years old in Lisieux.
Jimmie Noone
American musician.
Born April 23rd, 1895 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1944 at 48 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Stefan Rowecki
Polish general.
Born December 25th, 1895 in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Died August 2nd, 1944 at 48 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 581
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