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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Henry Morgenthau
American diplomat.
Born April 26th, 1856 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1946 at 90 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Gerda Steinhoff
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born January 29th, 1922 in Gdańsk.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Biskupia Górka (hanging).
Lionel Atwill
English and american actor (1885-1946).
Born March 1st, 1885 in Croydon.
Died April 22nd, 1946 at 61 years old in Pacific Palisades (pneumonia).
Clemens August von Galen
German count, bishop of münster, and cardinal, important figure in catholic resistance to nazism.
Born March 16th, 1878 in Dinklage. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1946 at 68 years old in Münster (peritonitis). [ref]
Maurice Koechlin
Engineer (1856-1946).
Born March 8th, 1856 in Buhl. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1946 at 89 years old in Veytaux. [ref]
Ewa Paradies
Nazi concentration camp official (1920–1946).
Born December 17th, 1920 in Lębork.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 25 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
James Clark McReynolds
United states federal judge and supreme court justice (1862-1946).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Elkton.
Died August 24th, 1946 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
Arthur Greiser
Waffen-ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1897-1946).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Środa Wielkopolska.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 49 years old in Poznań, Fort Winiary (hanging).
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the nobel prize in literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Szczawno-Zdrój. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Jagniątków. [ref]
Wilhelm Marx
German chancellor (1863-1946).
Born January 15th, 1863 in Cologne. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1946 at 83 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 406
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci