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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Wacław Sieroszewski
Polish writer (1858-1945).
Born August 24th, 1858 in Wólka Kozłowska. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1945 at 86 years old in Piaseczno (pneumonia). [ref]
Gustav Flatow
German gymnast (1875-1945).
Born January 7th, 1875 in Kościerzyna. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1945 at 70 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov
Russian botanist (1869-1945).
Born October 13th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Engelmar Unzeitig
Czechoslovak roman catholic priest (1911–1945).
Born March 1st, 1911 in Hradec nad Svitavou.
Died March 2nd, 1945 at 34 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus).
Willibald Borowietz
German general and knight's cross recipient (1893-1945).
Born September 17th, 1893 in Racibórz.
Died July 1st, 1945 at 51 years old in Clinton (electrocution).
Peter Raabe
German conductor (1872-1945).
Born November 27th, 1872 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died April 12th, 1945 at 72 years old in Weimar.
Rudolf Holsti
Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat (1881–1945).
Born October 8th, 1881 in Jyväskylä.
Died August 4th, 1945 at 63 years old in Palo Alto.
Richard Beer-Hofmann
Austrian writer (1866-1945).
Born July 11th, 1866 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
Hermann Jansen
German architect (1869-1945).
Born May 28th, 1869 in Aachen. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1945 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kārlis Skalbe
Latvian writer (1879–1945).
Born November 7th, 1879 in Vecpiebalga Municipality.
Died April 14th, 1945 at 65 years old in Stockholm.
Deaths 561 to 570 of 744
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner