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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Cauer
German mathematician and scientist.
Born June 24th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin.
Percy Sykes
British general, diplomat and scholar (1867–1945).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Canterbury. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Shalva Loladze
Soviet air force officer (1916-1945).
Born April 16th, 1916 in Tbilisi.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 29 years old in Texel.
Guido Buffarini Guidi
Italian army officer and politician (1895-1945).
Born August 17th, 1895 in Pisa.
Died July 10th, 1945 at 49 years old in Milan (ballistic trauma).
Sōsaku Suzuki
Japanese general (1891–1945).
Born September 27th, 1891 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died April 19th, 1945 at 53 years old in Philippines.
Paul Thümmel
German counterintelligence agent (1902–1945).
Born January 15th, 1902 in Neuhausen.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 43 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress, Terezín (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Murr
German politician (1888-1945).
Born December 16th, 1888 in Esslingen am Neckar.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 56 years old in Egg (cyanide poisoning).
Adolf Bertram
Catholic cardinal (1859-1945).
Born March 14th, 1859 in Hildesheim. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1945 at 86 years old in Jánský Vrch.
Edward Okuń
Polish painter (1872-1945).
Born September 21st, 1872 in Warsaw.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 72 years old in Skierniewice.
Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser
German ss general (1890-1945).
Born January 18th, 1890 in Hof.
Died February 10th, 1945 at 55 years old in Gniechowice.
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