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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Eoin O'Duffy
Irish political activist, soldier and police commissioner (1890–1944).
Born October 20th, 1892 in Castleblayney.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 52 years old in Dublin.
Zinaida Portnova
Soviet partisan (1926–1944).
Born February 20th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 15th, 1944 at 17 years old in Polatsk.
Bronislav Kaminski
German general.
Born June 16th, 1899 in Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, Polotsky Uyezd.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 45 years old in Łódź (ballistic trauma).
Hannah Szenes
Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in world war ii.
Born July 17th, 1921 in Budapest. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1944 at 23 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Asmahan
Egyptian singer & actor (1917-1944).
Born November 25th, 1912. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1944 at 31 years old in Ras El Bar (car collision).
Ștefania Mărăcineanu
Romanian physicist (1882-1944).
Born June 30th, 1882 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1944 at 62 years old in Bucharest.
Werner von Haeften
German resistance fighter (1908–1944).
Born October 9th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 35 years old in Tiergarten (gunshot wound).
Chaim Rumkowski
Head of judenrat in lodz ghetto..
Born February 27th, 1877 in Ilyino.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 67 years old in Auschwitz (lynching).
Paul Poiret
French fashion designer.
Born April 20th, 1879 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1944 at 65 years old in Paris.
Abbas II
Khedive of egypt and sudan (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914).
Born July 14th, 1874 in Alexandria.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 70 years old in Geneva.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 617
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