In the year 1945
664 Notable deaths
John Amery
British fascist (1912-1945).
Born March 14th, 1912 in Chelsea. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1945 at 33 years old in Wandsworth (hanging). [ref]
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Odilo Globočnik
Ss officer (1904-1945).
Born April 21st, 1904 in Trieste.
Died May 31st, 1945 at 41 years old in Paternion (cyanide poisoning).
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
Archduchess of austria.
Born May 21st, 1864 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died August 23rd, 1945 at 81 years old in Pannonhalma.
Johann Georg Elser
German opponent of nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on adolf hitler on 8 november 1939.
Born January 4th, 1903 in Hermaringen. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 42 years old in Dachau, Dachau concentration camp (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Jack Thayer
Titanic survivor.
Born December 24th, 1894 in Philadelphia.
Died September 20th, 1945 at 50 years old in Philadelphia.
William Joseph Simmons
Ku klux klan founder (1880-1945).
Born May 6th, 1880 in Shelby County.
Died May 18th, 1945 at 65 years old in Atlanta.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during world war ii.
Born July 18th, 1886 in Munfordville.
Died June 18th, 1945 at 58 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Hannie Schaft
Dutch communist resistance fighter and martyr (1920–1945).
Born September 16th, 1920 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1945 at 24 years old in Bloemendaal (gunshot wound). [ref]
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Born July 31st, 1884 in Piła. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 664
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau