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In the year 1945
728 Notable deaths
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
Dutch artist (1882-1945).
Born April 29th, 1882 in Leens. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1945 at 62 years old in Bakkeveen (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Friedrich von Rabenau
German general (1884–1945).
Born October 10th, 1884 in Berlin.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 60 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging).
Jacob Tamarkin
Russian mathematician.
Born July 11th, 1888 in Chernihiv.
Died November 18th, 1945 at 57 years old in Bethesda.
Ekai Kawaguchi
Japanese buddhist monk.
Born February 26th, 1866 in Sakai.
Died February 24th, 1945 at 78 years old in Japan (intracranial hemorrhage).
Bruno Frank
German author, poet, dramatist, and humanist.
Born June 13th, 1887 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1945 at 58 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Werner von Gilsa
German general.
Born March 4th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 56 years old in Litoměřice.
Rosina Storchio
Italian opera singer (1876–1945).
Born January 19th, 1872 in Venice.
Died July 24th, 1945 at 73 years old in Milan.
August Lösch
German economist (1906-1945).
Born October 15th, 1906 in Öhringen.
Died May 30th, 1945 at 38 years old in Ratzeburg (scarlet fever).
Osvaldo Valenti
Italian actor (1906–1945).
Born February 17th, 1906 in Constantinople.
Died April 30th, 1945 at 39 years old in Milan (gunshot wound).
Hans Günther
Ss officer.
Born August 22nd, 1910 in Erfurt.
Died May 5th, 1945 at 34 years old in Hlásná Třebaň.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy