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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
German princess.
Born May 12th, 1879 in Potsdam.
Died August 26th, 1945 at 66 years old in Kowary.
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
German navy officer, u-boot commander, admiral in the kriegsmarine (1895-1945).
Born July 15th, 1895 in Strasbourg.
Died May 23rd, 1945 at 49 years old in Flensburg (cyanide poisoning).
Kurt Gerstein
Ss officer; aid to nazi resistance.
Born August 11th, 1905 in Münster. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Paris (hanging). [ref]
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovak german nation politician (1898-1945).
Born May 6th, 1898 in Vratislavice nad Nisou. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1945 at 47 years old in Plzeň (bleeding). [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.
Richard Glücks
German general (1889-1945); ss-gruppenführer, head of the inspection of the concentration camps.
Born April 22nd, 1889 in Mönchengladbach.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 56 years old in Flensburg (cyanide poisoning).
Nicola Bombacci
Italian politician and revolutionary (1879-1945).
Born October 24th, 1879 in Civitella di Romagna.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 65 years old in Dongo (gunshot wound).
Heber J. Grant
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1856-1945).
Born November 22nd, 1856 in Salt Lake City.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 88 years old in Salt Lake City.
Kiyoshi Ogawa
Japanese military pilot in world war ii.
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Gunma Prefecture.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 22 years old
Constanze Manziarly
Cook and dietitian to adolf hitler.
Born April 14th, 1920 in Innsbruck.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 727
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson