In the year 1945
735 Notable deaths
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
German writer.
Born August 11th, 1884 in Masuria. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 60 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Walter Hohmann
German engineer (1880-1945).
Born March 18th, 1880 in Hardheim.
Died March 11th, 1945 at 64 years old in Essen.
Yakov Protazanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945).
Born February 4th, 1881 in Moscow.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Josef Fitzthum
German general (1896-1945).
Born September 14th, 1896 in Engelhartstetten.
Died January 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Wiener Neudorf (traffic collision).
Gustav Fehn
German general (1892–1945).
Born February 21st, 1892 in Nuremberg.
Died June 5th, 1945 at 53 years old in Ljubljana.
Henri Maspero
French sinologist (1883–1945).
Born December 15th, 1883 in Paris.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 61 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Georg Scholz
German artist (1890-1945).
Born October 10th, 1890 in Wolfenbüttel.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 55 years old in Waldkirch.
Heinz Thilo
German ss officer (1911-1945).
Born October 8th, 1911 in Elberfeld.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 33 years old in Vrchlabí.
Heinrich Fehlis
German ss officer and ss-oberfuhrer (senior colonel/brigadier).
Born November 1st, 1906 in Wulften am Harz.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 38 years old in Porsgrunn (gunshot wound).
Frank Michler Chapman
American ornithologist.
Born June 12th, 1864 in Teaneck.
Died November 15th, 1945 at 81 years old in New York City.
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut