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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Ellen Glasgow
Novelist, short story writer.
Born April 22nd, 1874 in Richmond. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1945 at 71 years old in Richmond. [ref]
Heinrich Wölfflin
Swiss art critic, art historian (1864-1945).
Born June 21st, 1864 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1945 at 81 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
German general.
Born June 22nd, 1893 in Elberfeld.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 51 years old in Halbe.
Fritz Klingenberg
Ss officer (1912-1945).
Born December 17th, 1912 in Rövershagen.
Died March 22nd, 1945 at 32 years old in Herxheim.
Günther Lützow
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born September 4th, 1912 in Kiel.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 32 years old in Donauwörth (killed in action).
Walter Krüger
German general (1890-1945).
Born February 27th, 1890 in Strasbourg.
Died May 22nd, 1945 at 55 years old in Liepāja.
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand duke of mecklenburg-schwerin (1882-1945).
Born April 9th, 1882 in Palermo.
Died November 17th, 1945 at 63 years old in Flensburg.
Gloria Dickson
American stage and screen actress (1917-1945).
Born August 13th, 1917 in Pocatello.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (smoke inhalation injury).
Volin
Russian anarchist.
Born August 11th, 1882 in Voronezh.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 63 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Franz Oppenhoff
German lawyer and politician (1902-1945).
Born August 18th, 1902 in Aachen.
Died March 25th, 1945 at 42 years old in Aachen (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 727
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