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Hans Bernd von Haeften
1905–1944
jurist, resistance fighter, diplomat
Official cause
hanging to death
Irma Bandiera
1915–1944
resistance fighter, partisan
Official cause
gunshot wound
Luc Dietrich
1913–1944
poet, writer, photographer
Official cause
sepsis
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
1915–1944
military officer, aircraft pilot
Official cause
aviation accident
Men Bingyue
1891–1944
military officer
Official cause
heat stroke
Joseph Cookman
1899–1944
newspaper editor, editor, journalist
Official cause
tuberculosis
Suzanne Spaak
1905–1944
writer, French resistance fighter, resistance fighter
Official cause
gunshot wound; shot to the head
Fernand Pauriol
1913–1944
politician
Official cause
gunshot wound
Dagny Bang
1868–1944
physician
Official cause
cancer
Joop Westerweel
1899–1944
resistance fighter, principal, teacher
Official cause
execution
Krista Lavíčková
1917–1944
resistance fighter
Official cause
decapitation by guillotine
Aino Ackté
1876–1944
opera singer, librettist
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Agustín Pío Barrios
1885–1944
composer, classical guitarist, guitarist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Francine Fromond
1917–1944
resistance fighter, shorthand typist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Fifi Turin
1913–1944
French resistance fighter
Official cause
killing
Hajime Toyoshima
1920–1944
military personnel
Official cause
self cutting throat
Francisc Rainer
1874–1944
anthropologist, diarist, pathologist
Official cause
lung cancer
Vera Obolenskaya
1911–1944
secretary, French resistance fighter, model
Official cause
decapitation
Klaus Riedel
1907–1944
military flight engineer
Official cause
traffic collision
Jean Maridor
1920–1944
military personnel
Official cause
explosion
Goichi Oya
1897–1944
military personnel
Official cause
seppuku
Oleksandr Oles
1878–1944
poet, playwright, writer
Official cause
liver cirrhosis
Reza Shah
1878–1944
politician, military personnel
Official cause
cardiovascular disease
Paweł Finder
1904–1944
politician
Official cause
execution by shooting