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In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Thomas Lewis
British cardiologist.
Born December 26th, 1881 in Taff's Well.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 63 years old in Loudwater.
Julius Hirsch
German footballer (1892-1945).
Born April 7th, 1892 in Achern.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Archduchess Carolina Maria of Austria
Archduchesse austria-tuscan imperial and royal (1869–1945).
Born September 5th, 1869 in Altmünster.
Died May 12th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Serbian artist and poet (1909-1945).
Born November 5th, 1909 in Požarevac. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1945 at 35 years old in New York City (horse fall). [ref]
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
German general (1886-1945).
Born October 7th, 1886 in Korfantów.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 58 years old in Čimelice.
Ernst-Günther Baade
German general (1897-1945).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Pritzwalk.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 47 years old in Bad Segeberg.
Josef Wagner
German nazi politician (1899-1945).
Born January 12th, 1899 in Algrange.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin.
Gottlieb Haberlandt
Austrian botanist (1854-1945).
Born November 28th, 1854 in Magyaróvár.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Père Jacques
Discalced carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, righteous among the nations (1900–1945).
Born January 29th, 1900 in Barentin.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 45 years old in Linz (tuberculosis).
Charles Fabry
French physicist.
Born June 11th, 1867 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 341 to 350 of 735
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold