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Carl Sternheim
1878–1942
playwright, dramaturge, poet
Official cause
pneumonia
Duncan Scott-Ford
1921–1942
spy
Official cause
hanging to death
Anna Letenská
1904–1942
film actor, stage actor, actor
Official cause
gunshot wound
Jiří Jesenský
1905–1942
fencer, stomatologist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Jan Jesenský, Jr.
1904–1942
scientist
Official cause
torture
Chesley Johnston
1870–1942
head coach, American football coach
Official cause
liver cancer
Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu
1876–1942
opinion journalist, politician, editor
Official cause
respiratory failure
Charles Dorian
1891–1942
silent film actor, film director, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
May Robson
1858–1942
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
disease
Ludvig Puusepp
1875–1942
surgeon, university teacher, physician
Official cause
stomach cancer
Nikolai Riumin
1908–1942
chess player
Official cause
tuberculosis
John O'Neill
1897–1942
military personnel
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Cosmo Hamilton
1870–1942
writer, novelist, playwright
Official cause
disease
Virginia Vance
1902–1942
actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Pyotr Ryazanov
1899–1942
composer, musicologist, teacher
Official cause
typhoid fever
Leonid Nikolayev
1878–1942
composer, pedagogue, pianist
Official cause
typhoid fever
Arturo Donaggio
1868–1942
psychiatrist
Official cause
traffic collision
Sergey Chaplygin
1869–1942
mathematician, physicist, engineer
Official cause
stroke
Henry Gleditsch
1902–1942
actor, theatre manager, resistance fighter
Official cause
gunshot wound
Siegmund Glücksmann
1884–1942
lawyer, politician, jurist
Official cause
typhoid fever
Lorenzo Aguirre
1884–1942
painter, police, scenographer
Official cause
garrote
Harald Langhelle
1890–1942
politician, editing staff
Official cause
gunshot wound
Zosia Poznańska
1906–1942
resistance fighter
Official cause
hanging to death
Pari Bewa
Unknown–1942
freedom fighter
Official cause
gun violence