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Raymond Burgard
1892–1944
trade unionist, French resistance fighter
Official cause
decapitation
Lubor Niederle
1865–1944
anthropologist, archaeologist, prehistorian
Official cause
cerebral atherosclerosis; bronchopneumonia
Henri Ghéon
1875–1944
poet, playwright, physician writer
Official cause
cancer
Einar Hærland
1909–1944
military personnel
Official cause
gunshot wound
Johan Limpers
1915–1944
sculptor, resistance fighter, draftsperson
Official cause
gunshot wound
Paul Guermonprez
1908–1944
photographer, graphic designer, resistance fighter
Official cause
gunshot wound
Frank Ryan
1902–1944
journalist, politician, activist
Official cause
pneumonia
Helmut Kämpfe
1909–1944
military personnel
Official cause
gunshot wound
Johanna Kirchner
1889–1944
resistance fighter, correspondent
Official cause
decapitation
Chaim Widawski
1904–1944
merchant
Official cause
cyanide poisoning
Emmy Zehden
1900–1944
resistance fighter
Official cause
decapitation
Allan Johnston
1906–1944
Australian rules football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Vsevolod Frederiks
1885–1944
physicist
Official cause
pneumonia
Józef Beck
1894–1944
military personnel, diplomat, politician
Official cause
tuberculosis
Ugo Forno
1932–1944
partisan, student
Official cause
gunshot wound
Jessie Ralph
1864–1944
film actor, stage actor, actor
Official cause
disease
Martin Rasmussen Hjelmen
1904–1944
sailor, seaman
Official cause
decapitation
Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
1856–1944
police officer, military officer
Official cause
myocarditis
Park Cha-jeong
1909–1944
politician
Official cause
disease
Christian Wirth
1885–1944
military officer, torturer, Holocaust perpetrator
Official cause
gunshot wound
Cyril Francois
1897–1944
cricketer
Official cause
traffic collision
Clark Daniel Stearns
1870–1944
military officer, naval officer, governor
Official cause
thrombosis
Imants Sudmalis
1916–1944
military personnel
Official cause
hanging to death
Ernestine Diwisch
1921–1944
resistance fighter
Official cause
decapitation