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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Albert Jay Nock
American journalist (1870-1945).
Born October 13th, 1870 in Scranton.
Died August 19th, 1945 at 74 years old in Wakefield (leukemia).
Kitarō Nishida
Japanese philosopher.
Born May 19th, 1870 in Kahoku.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 75 years old in Kamakura (uremia). [ref]
August Hirt
German anatomist and ss officer (1898-1945).
Born April 28th, 1898 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Schluchsee.
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.
Otto Kittel
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born February 21st, 1917 in Krasov.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 27 years old in Džūkste Parish (killed in action).
Paul Giesler
German nazi party functionary, premier of bavaria (1895-1945).
Born June 15th, 1895 in Siegen.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 49 years old in Bischofswiesen.
Julian Scherner
German politician (1895-1945).
Born September 23rd, 1895 in Bagamoyo.
Died April 28th, 1945 at 49 years old in Niepołomice.
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).
Hans von Dohnányi
Hungarian-born german jurist, member of the german resistance (1902–1945).
Born January 1st, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 43 years old in Sachsenhausen concentration camp (hanging to death).
Harry Chauvel
Australian army officer.
Born April 16th, 1865 in Tabulam.
Died March 4th, 1945 at 79 years old in Melbourne.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 727
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir