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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Salomėja Nėris
Lithuanian writer (1904-1945).
Born November 17th, 1904 in Kiršai.
Died July 7th, 1945 at 40 years old in Moscow (liver cancer).
Alexander Khatisian
Armenian politician (1874–1945).
Born February 17th, 1874 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Russell Hopton
Actor (1900-1945).
Born February 18th, 1900 in New York City.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 45 years old in North Hollywood.
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
Polish poet (1891–1945).
Born November 24th, 1890 in Kraków.
Died July 9th, 1945 at 54 years old in Manchester (cancer).
Petar Drapšin
Yugoslav partisan lieutenant general (1914－1945).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Srbobran.
Died November 2nd, 1945 at 30 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Klaus Junge
German chess player (1924–1945).
Born January 1st, 1924 in Concepción.
Died April 17th, 1945 at 21 years old in Welle.
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
German writer.
Born August 11th, 1884 in Masuria. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 60 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Walter Hohmann
German engineer (1880-1945).
Born March 18th, 1880 in Hardheim.
Died March 11th, 1945 at 64 years old in Essen.
Yakov Protazanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1881–1945).
Born February 4th, 1881 in Moscow.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Josef Fitzthum
German general (1896-1945).
Born September 14th, 1896 in Engelhartstetten.
Died January 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Wiener Neudorf (traffic collision).
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