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In the year 1945
734 Notable deaths
Elizabeth Bibesco
British writer, and romanian princess (1897–1945).
Born February 26th, 1897 in London.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 48 years old in Bucharest (pneumonia).
Hermann Florstedt
German nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born February 18th, 1895 in Bitche.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 50 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Petar Bojović
Serbian military officer.
Born July 16th, 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš.
Died January 19th, 1945 at 86 years old in Belgrade (blunt trauma). [ref]
Dmitry Karbyshev
Soviet lieutenant general, former officer of the russian imperial army, hero of the soviet union (1880–1945).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Omsk.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 64 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (hypothermia).
Masahiko Amakasu
Officer/imperial japanese army (1891-1945).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Yamagata Prefecture.
Died August 20th, 1945 at 54 years old in Changchun (cyanide poisoning).
Werner Ostendorff
German general (1903-1945).
Born August 15th, 1903 in Königsberg.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Bad Aussee (gangrene).
Rupert Mayer
German jesuit priest and leading figure of the catholic resistance movement in nazi germany in munich (1876-1945).
Born January 23rd, 1876 in Stuttgart.
Died November 1st, 1945 at 69 years old in Munich (stroke).
Nikola Mandić
Croatian politician (1869-1945).
Born January 20th, 1869 in Travnik.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zagreb.
Klaus Bonhoeffer
German reistance fighter (1901-1945).
Born January 5th, 1901 in Wrocław.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Charles Simmons
British gymnast (1885-1945).
Born December 24th, 1885 in Islington.
Died February 15th, 1945 at 59 years old in Cricklewood.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 734
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