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In the year 1945
727 Notable deaths
Ernst-Günther Baade
German general (1897-1945).
Born August 20th, 1897 in Pritzwalk.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 47 years old in Bad Segeberg.
Josef Wagner
German nazi politician (1899-1945).
Born January 12th, 1899 in Algrange.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin.
Gottlieb Haberlandt
Austrian botanist (1854-1945).
Born November 28th, 1854 in Magyaróvár.
Died January 30th, 1945 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Père Jacques
Discalced carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, righteous among the nations (1900–1945).
Born January 29th, 1900 in Barentin.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 45 years old in Linz (tuberculosis).
Charles Fabry
French physicist.
Born June 11th, 1867 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Erich Bärenfänger
German officer (1915-1945).
Born January 12th, 1915 in Menden (Sauerland).
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Berlin.
Boris Galerkin
Russian mathematician.
Born March 4th, 1871 in Polotsk. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1945 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
German ss general (1884-1945).
Born November 30th, 1884 in Blankenburg.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Halle (Saale) (gunshot wound).
Eberhard Kinzel
German general and knight's cross recipients (1897-1945).
Born October 18th, 1897 in Friedenau.
Died May 23rd, 1945 at 47 years old in Idstedt.
Osip Brik
Russian lawyer, literary critic and chekist (1888–1945).
Born January 28th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died February 22nd, 1945 at 57 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 341 to 350 of 727
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