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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Constanze Manziarly
Cook and dietitian to adolf hitler.
Born April 14th, 1920 in Innsbruck.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Berlin.
Joseph Darnand
French ss officer (1897-1945).
Born March 19th, 1897 in Coligny. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Châtillon (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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).
Johan Huizinga
Dutch historian (1872-1945).
Born December 7th, 1872 in Groningen. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1945 at 72 years old in De Steeg. [ref]
Franz Werfel
Austrian-bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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).
John McCormack
Irish tenor.
Born June 14th, 1884 in Athlone. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1945 at 61 years old in Dublin (disease). [ref]
Josef Gangl
German officer (b. 1910, d. 1945).
Born September 12th, 1910 in Obertraubling.
Died May 5th, 1945 at 34 years old in Itter Castle.
Dora
Patient of sigmund freud.
Born November 1st, 1882 in Vienna.
Died December 21st, 1945 at 63 years old in New York City.
Heinrich Ehrler
German world war ii fighter pilot.
Born September 14th, 1917 in Lauda-Königshofen.
Died April 4th, 1945 at 27 years old in Stendal.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 662
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