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In the year 1945
734 Notable deaths
Maria Skobtsova
Russian saint (1891–1945).
Born January 1st, 1891 in Riga.
Died March 31st, 1945 at 54 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (gas chamber).
Heinrich Maier
Roman catholic priest (1908–1945).
Born February 16th, 1908 in Grossweikersdorf. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 37 years old in Vienna. [ref]
William H. Rupertus
American marine corps general (1889-1945).
Born November 14th, 1889 in Washington, D.C..
Died March 25th, 1945 at 55 years old in Quantico.
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
French writer.
Born January 3rd, 1893 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 52 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (drug overdose).
Dwight Filley Davis Sr.
American politician and tennis player (1879-1945).
Born July 5th, 1879 in St. Louis.
Died November 28th, 1945 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C..
Aris Velouchiotis
Greek resistance fighter (1905-1945).
Born August 27th, 1905 in Lamia.
Died June 16th, 1945 at 39 years old in Mesounta, Arta.
Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley
German terrorist and political activist (1897-1945).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Sankt Martin im Innkreis.
Died June 29th, 1945 at 48 years old in Salzburg (traffic collision).
Hans-Adolf Prützmann
German general (1901-1945).
Born August 31st, 1901 in Tolkmicko.
Died May 21st, 1945 at 43 years old in Lüneburg (poison).
Francis William Aston
British chemist (1877-1945).
Born September 1st, 1877 in Birmingham, Harborne. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1945 at 68 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Maurice Halbwachs
French sociologist (1877-1945), died in buchenwald concentration camp.
Born March 11th, 1877 in Reims.
Died March 16th, 1945 at 68 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (dysentery).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel