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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Curt von Gottberg
German general (1896–1945).
Born February 11th, 1896 in Znamenskoye.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 49 years old in Grundhof.
E. R. Eddison
British writer (1882-1945).
Born November 24th, 1882 in Leeds.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 62 years old in Marlborough.
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]
Gustav Simon
German politician (1900-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1900 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1945 at 45 years old in Paderborn (hanging). [ref]
David Lindsay
Scottish author.
Born March 3rd, 1876 in Lewisham.
Died July 16th, 1945 at 69 years old in Hove.
Julius Dorpmüller
German politician and railway manager (1869-1945).
Born July 24th, 1869 in Elberfeld.
Died July 5th, 1945 at 75 years old in Malente (cancer).
Alexander Stirling Calder
American artist (1870–1945).
Born January 11th, 1870 in Philadelphia.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 74 years old in New York City.
William Rothenstein
British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, lecturer and writer on art (1872-1945).
Born January 29th, 1872 in Bradford.
Died February 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in London.
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.
Maximilian von Herff
German ss general (1893-1945).
Born April 17th, 1893 in Hanover.
Died September 6th, 1945 at 52 years old in Windermere (cerebrovascular disease).
Deaths 291 to 300 of 727
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