In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Masahiko Amakasu
Officer/imperial japanese army (1891-1945).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Yamagata Prefecture.
Died August 20th, 1945 at 54 years old in Changchun (cyanide poisoning).
Werner Ostendorff
German general (1903-1945).
Born August 15th, 1903 in Königsberg.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Bad Aussee (gangrene).
Rupert Mayer
German jesuit priest and leading figure of the catholic resistance movement in nazi germany in munich (1876-1945).
Born January 23rd, 1876 in Stuttgart.
Died November 1st, 1945 at 69 years old in Munich (stroke).
Nikola Mandić
Croatian politician (1869-1945).
Born January 20th, 1869 in Travnik.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 76 years old in Zagreb.
Klaus Bonhoeffer
German reistance fighter (1901-1945).
Born January 5th, 1901 in Wrocław.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Charles Simmons
British gymnast (1885-1945).
Born December 24th, 1885 in Islington.
Died February 15th, 1945 at 59 years old in Cricklewood.
Arthur Symons
British poet.
Born February 28th, 1865 in Milford Haven. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 79 years old in Wittersham. [ref]
Takeshi Mori
Japanese general.
Born April 25th, 1894 in Kōchi. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1945 at 51 years old in Tokyo.
Lilian Rolfe
Allied secret agent in world war ii.
Born April 26th, 1914 in Paris.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 30 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 727
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black