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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Gustav Fehn
German general (1892–1945).
Born February 21st, 1892 in Nuremberg.
Died June 5th, 1945 at 53 years old in Ljubljana.
Henri Maspero
French sinologist (1883–1945).
Born December 15th, 1883 in Paris.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 61 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Georg Scholz
German artist (1890-1945).
Born October 10th, 1890 in Wolfenbüttel.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 55 years old in Waldkirch.
Heinz Thilo
German ss officer (1911-1945).
Born October 8th, 1911 in Elberfeld.
Died May 13th, 1945 at 33 years old in Vrchlabí.
Heinrich Fehlis
German ss officer and ss-oberfuhrer (senior colonel/brigadier).
Born November 1st, 1906 in Wulften am Harz.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 38 years old in Porsgrunn (gunshot wound).
Frank Michler Chapman
American ornithologist.
Born June 12th, 1864 in Teaneck.
Died November 15th, 1945 at 81 years old in New York City.
Jane Horney
World war ii spy.
Born July 8th, 1918 in Gustav Vasa parish. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1945 at 26 years old in sea, Øresund.
William M. Calder
American politician (1869-1945).
Born March 3rd, 1869 in Brooklyn.
Died March 3rd, 1945 at 76 years old in Brooklyn.
Charles Delestraint
French general (1879-1945).
Born March 12th, 1879 in Biache-Saint-Vaast. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1945 at 66 years old in Dachau concentration camp. [ref]
Dragiša Vasić
Member of serbian academy of science and arts (1885–1945).
Born November 2nd, 1885 in Gornji Milanovac. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1945 at 59 years old in Jasenovac concentration camp.
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman