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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Curt von Gottberg
German general.
Born February 11th, 1896.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 49 years old in Grundhof.
Alwin-Broder Albrecht
Nazi officer (1903-1945).
Born September 18th, 1903 in Sankt Peter-Ording.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Henri Dentz
French general.
Born December 16th, 1881 in Roanne. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1945 at 63 years old in Fresnes. [ref]
William Rothenstein
British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer and writer on art (1872-1945).
Born January 29th, 1872 in Bradford. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Wincenty Witos
Polish politician, three times the prime minister of poland.
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Wierzchosławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Died October 31st, 1945 at 71 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
Born February 22nd, 1898 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in Stalag X-B (tuberculosis). [ref]
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky
Russian artist (1868-1945).
Born December 20th, 1868 in Belsky County. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1945 at 76 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Arthur Morrison
English writer and journalist.
Born November 1st, 1863 in Poplar. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1945 at 82 years old in Chalfont St Peter. [ref]
Óscar R. Benavides
President of peru (1876-1945).
Born March 15th, 1876 in Lima.
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 69 years old in Lima.
Reynold A. Nicholson
British orientalist.
Born August 18th, 1868 in Yorkshire.
Died August 27th, 1945 at 77 years old in Chester. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 662
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes