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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
German general; reichsarzt; facilitated medical torture and experiments on nazi concentration camp inmates.
Born June 8th, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 45 years old in Babelsberg (hand grenade).
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
British colonial administrator (1858-1945).
Born January 22nd, 1858 in Chennai. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1945 at 87 years old in Dorking. [ref]
Takeichi Nishi
Japanese army officer and equestrian (1902-1945).
Born July 12th, 1902 in Kōgaichō.
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 42 years old in Iwo Jima.
Ernst Cassirer
German philosopher.
Born July 28th, 1874 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1945 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sigmund Rascher
German schutzstaffel doctor.
Born February 12th, 1909 in Munich.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 36 years old in Dachau concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Russian-soviet writer (1882-1945).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Pugachyov. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 62 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Karl Fritzsch
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Pietro Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas.
Born December 7th, 1863 in Livorno. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]
Franz Ziereis
German ss officer, commandant of the mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945).
Born August 13th, 1905 in Munich.
Died May 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Gusen concentration camp.
Stamen Grigorov
Bulgarian physician and microbiologist (1878-1945).
Born October 27th, 1878 in Studen Izvor. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1945 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 662
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau