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Ferdinand von Lüninck
1888–1944
politician, resistance fighter, Oberpräsident
Official cause
hanging to death
Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
1875–1944
diplomat, resistance fighter
Official cause
hanging to death
Miklós Radnóti
1909–1944
poet, writer, translator
Official cause
gunshot wound
Aimé Lepercq
1889–1944
politician, banker
Official cause
car collision
Georges Suarez
1890–1944
journalist, biographer
Official cause
gunshot wound
André Abegglen
1909–1944
association football player, association football coach
Official cause
railway accident by collision
Geoffrey Dawson
1874–1944
newspaper editor, journalist
Official cause
disease
Hotsumi Ozaki
1901–1944
journalist, spy
Official cause
hanging to death
Richard Sorge
1895–1944
journalist, intelligence officer, diplomat
Official cause
hanging to death
Kiril Christov
1875–1944
poet, writer, playwright
Official cause
cancer
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1855–1944
politician, aristocrat
Official cause
bronchitis
Camill Hoffmann
1878–1944
journalist, diplomat, writer
Official cause
genocide
Judith Auer
1905–1944
welder, resistance fighter, buyer
Official cause
hanging to death
Gertrude Tompkins Silver
1911–1944
aircraft pilot
Official cause
aircraft crash
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
1920–1944
flying ace
Official cause
aircraft shootdown
Karl Freiherr von Thüngen
1893–1944
military officer, resistance fighter, lieutenant general
Official cause
gunshot wound
Anatoly Shteyger
1907–1944
poet, writer
Official cause
tuberculosis
Werner Seelenbinder
1904–1944
amateur wrestler, resistance fighter, communist
Official cause
decapitation
Hana Brady
1931–1944
Official cause
cyanide poisoning
Ivan Milutinović
1901–1944
military officer, revolutionary
Official cause
drowning
Richard Bennett
1870–1944
screenwriter, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Ivan Lyon
1915–1944
military personnel
Official cause
blast injury
Ivan Zakharkin
1889–1944
military personnel
Official cause
traffic collision
Erwin Rommel
1891–1944
military officer, general field marshal
Official cause
cyanide poisoning