In the year 1945
697 Notable deaths
Alfred Meyer
German nazi official (1891-1945).
Born October 5th, 1891 in Göttingen.
Died April 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in Hessisch Oldendorf.
Franz Schädle
Schutzstaffel officer (1906-1945).
Born November 19th, 1906 in Westerheim.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 38 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Takijirō Ōnishi
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1891-1945).
Died August 16th, 1945 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).
Dimitrije Ljotić
Serbian fascist politician (1891-1945).
Born August 12th, 1891 in Belgrade.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 53 years old in Ajdovščina Municipality (traffic collision).
Julian Scherner
German politician (1895-1945).
Born September 23rd, 1895 in Bagamoyo.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 49 years old in Niepołomice.
Mário de Andrade
Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945).
Born October 9th, 1893 in São Paulo.
Died February 25th, 1945 at 51 years old in São Paulo.
Ernst Busch
German field marshal (1885-1945).
Died July 17th, 1945 at 60 years old in Aldershot (cardiovascular disease).
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
German general (1894-1945).
Born May 8th, 1894 in Strasbourg.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 51 years old in Upper Austria (ballistic trauma).
George Hogg
British adventurer.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Harpenden.
Died July 22nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Gansu (tetanus).
Harry Chauvel
Australian army officer.
Born April 16th, 1865 in Tabulam.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 79 years old in Melbourne.
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Everyone dies but not everyone lives. William Wallace