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Diana Rowden
1915–1944
spy, SOE agent
Official cause
lethal injection
Georg Karck
1911–1944
Official cause
traffic collision
Hamid Olimjon
1909–1944
poet, playwright, literary critic
Official cause
traffic collision
Tanya Savicheva
1930–1944
diarist, schoolchild
Official cause
intestinal tuberculosis
John Christenbury
1907–1944
military officer, basketball coach
Official cause
explosive device
Carl Mayer
1894–1944
screenwriter, actor, director
Official cause
cancer
Adele Stürzl
1892–1944
resistance fighter, feminist, politician
Official cause
decapitation
Mathilde de Morny
1863–1944
painter, socialite, artist
Official cause
asphyxia
Johan Kjær Hansen
1907–1944
mechanic
Official cause
gunshot wound
Han Yong-un
1879–1944
poet, philosopher, writer
Official cause
disease
Friedrich Dollmann
1882–1944
military personnel, soldier, Generaloberst
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Walther Arndt
1891–1944
physician, zoologist, curator
Official cause
decapitation
Krystyna Wituska
1920–1944
resistance fighter
Official cause
decapitation
Josef Větrovský
1897–1944
photographer, general contractor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Lucha Reyes
1906–1944
singer, actor
Official cause
drug overdose
James Atkin
1867–1944
judge, politician, barrister
Official cause
bronchitis
David Ernest Hornell
1910–1944
military personnel
Official cause
hypothermia
Anton Kersnovsky
1905–1944
writer, opinion journalist, historian
Official cause
tuberculosis
Paul Schiemann
1876–1944
politician, journalist, theatre critic
Official cause
diabetes
Arthur Segal
1875–1944
painter, artist, writer
Official cause
heart failure
Otto Hoffman
1879–1944
actor, film actor, film director
Official cause
lung cancer
Marc Bloch
1886–1944
historian, medievalist, professor
Official cause
execution; gunshot wound
George Stinney
1929–1944
Official cause
electrocution
Jan Piwnik
1912–1944
military officer
Official cause
gunshot wound