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Albrecht von Bernstorff
1890–1945
politician, diplomat, resistance fighter
Official cause
gunshot wound
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
1899–1945
military physician, internist, torturer
Official cause
hand grenade
Anton de Kom
1898–1945
poet, writer, anti-imperialist
Official cause
tuberculosis
Yvonne Rudelatt
1897–1945
spy, French resistance fighter, SOE agent
Official cause
typhus
Walter Model
1891–1945
military officer, general field marshal
Official cause
shot to the head
Paul Thümmel
1902–1945
spy, double agent
Official cause
gunshot wound
Georges André Kohn
1932–1945
Official cause
hanging to death
Wacław Sieroszewski
1858–1945
writer, politician, traveler
Official cause
pneumonia
Max Tschornicki
1903–1945
lawyer, jurist
Official cause
dysentery
Fritz Wächtler
1891–1945
politician, teacher
Official cause
gunshot wound
Ulrich Diesing
1911–1945
air force officer, flying ace
Official cause
traffic collision
Mircea Streinul
1910–1945
writer, poet, translator
Official cause
tuberculosis
Hannie Schaft
1920–1945
partisan, resistance fighter, Q105492608
Official cause
gunshot wound; execution
Friedrich von Rabenau
1884–1945
military historian, theologian, archivist
Official cause
hanging to death
Bahri Omari
1888–1945
diplomat, politician, journalist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Simone Michel-Lévy
1906–1945
French resistance fighter
Official cause
hanging to death
Ernst Cassirer
1874–1945
philosopher, university teacher, art historian
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Frantxia Haltzuet
1908–1945
peasant, resistance fighter
Official cause
deported French resistance
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1882–1945
lawyer, statesperson, golfer
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Cecil Griffiths
1900–1945
athletics competitor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Gloria Dickson
1917–1945
actor, film actor
Official cause
smoke inhalation injury
Jelena Dimitrijević
1862–1945
poet, writer, social worker
Official cause
disease
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman
1882–1945
printer, painter, graphic designer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Josef Weinheber
1892–1945
poet, writer
Official cause
drug overdose