In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Zenon Przesmycki
Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of młoda polska.
Born December 22nd, 1861 in Radzyń Podlaski. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Karel Hartmann
Czechoslovak ice hockey player.
Born July 6th, 1885 in Trhové Dušníky. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1944 at 59 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Jonas Vailokaitis
Lithuanian politician.
Born June 25th, 1886 in Pikžirniai.
Died December 16th, 1944 at 58 years old
Tarsykiya Matskiv
Ukrainian greek catholic nun (1919–1944).
Born March 23rd, 1919 in Khodoriv.
Died July 18th, 1944 at 25 years old in Sheptytskyi (gunshot wound).
Heinrich Retschury
Austrian football player (1887-1944).
Born January 5th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died December 15th, 1944 at 57 years old in Vienna.
Rutger Sernander
Swedish scientist (1866-1944).
Born November 2nd, 1866 in Viby parish. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1944 at 77 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Leander Czerny
Austrian entomologist (1859-1944).
Born October 4th, 1859 in Modřice.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 85 years old in Payerbach.
Corneel Seys
Belgian footballer (1912-1944).
Born February 12th, 1912 in Antwerp.
Died January 13th, 1944 at 31 years old [ref]
Eduard Engelmann
Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist (1864–1944).
Born July 14th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died October 31st, 1944 at 80 years old in Vienna.
August Liebmann Mayer
German jewish art historian (1885-1944), murdered in the holocaust.
Born October 27th, 1885 in Griesheim.
Died March 12th, 1944 at 58 years old in Auschwitz.
Deaths 571 to 580 of 629
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder