Deaths in the 1940s
23,000+ memorials
Mehmet Aipov
1920–1945 (age 25)
Międzyrzecz
Military personnel who served during World War II and died in 1945.
Hmayak Babayan
1901–1945 (age 44)
Myślibórz
Stanisław Okoniewski
1870–1944 (age 74)
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Pelplin
Catholic priest who dedicated his life to pastoral ministry and spiritual leadership.
Konrad Golniewicz
1878–1944 (age 66)
Skarżysko-Kamienna
Schmuel Schmelka Kornitzer
1905–1941 (age 36)
New Jewish Cemetery
Rabbi who served the Jewish community and maintained religious traditions during the early 20th century.
Henryk Ritterman
1885–1940 (age 55)
New Jewish Cemetery
Dmitri Pakhomov
1920–1945 (age 25)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Military personnel who served during World War II and died in 1945.
Ivan Landyshev
1925–1945 (age 20)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Vasiliy Vladimirovitsj Zverev
1915–1945 (age 30)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Military personnel who served during World War II and died in 1945.
Vasily Ivanov
1923–1945 (age 22)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Nikolay Jakovlevitsj Kasatkin
1924–1945 (age 21)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Nikolay Jakovlevitsj Kasatkin (1924–1945) was a Soviet serviceman who died in West Pomeranian Voivodeship during World...
Vasily Kolbnev
1906–1945 (age 39)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Vasiliy Ivanovitsj (Geroy Sovetskogo Sojuza) Kopilov
1905–1945 (age 40)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Vasiliy Ivanovitsj Kopilov (1905–1945) was a Soviet military officer and Hero of the Soviet Union who died in West Pom...
Ivan Aleksandrovitsj Korneev
1907–1945 (age 38)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Petro Andriyovych Kostyuchenko
1917–1945 (age 28)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Petro Andriyovych Kostyuchenko (1917–1945) was a Soviet military officer who died in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Andrey Pashkov
1910–1945 (age 35)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Aleksey Nikolaevitsj Koelbjakin
1916–1945 (age 29)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Aleksey Nikolaevitsj Koelbjakin (1916–1945) was a Soviet military officer who died in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Vasily Makarov
1907–1945 (age 38)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Максименко, Илья Архипович
1897–1945 (age 48)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kasriel Mendeleyevich Rudin (1897-1945) was a Russian from Velizh who was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Iosif Vasilevitsj Matroentsjik
1903–1945 (age 42)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Pavel Goerevitsj Nezjivenko
1923–1945 (age 22)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pavel Goerevitsj Nezjivenko (1923–1945) was a Soviet serviceman who died in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Ivan Antonovitsj Tsjerednitsjenko
1910–1945 (age 35)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Michaił Noryszew
1910–1945 (age 35)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Michaił Noryszew (1910–1945) was a Soviet soldier who died in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Efim Nikiforovitsj Petsjjonkin
1917–1945 (age 28)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Valentina Gribaleva
1919–1945 (age 26)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Valentina Gribaleva (1919–1945) died in West Pomeranian Voivodeship during World War II.
Jegor Podaniow
1925–1945 (age 20)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Ivan Antonovitsj Savelev
1924–1945 (age 21)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Ivan Antonovitsj Savelev (1924–1945) was a Soviet serviceman who died in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Konstantin Savostin
1918–1945 (age 27)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Vasiliy Ivanovitsj Soechov
1910–1945 (age 35)
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Vasiliy Ivanovitsj Soechov (1910–1945) was a Soviet military officer who died in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Ivan Sergeevitsj Fedorenko
1925–1945 (age 20)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Vasiliy Michaylovitsj Koedasjjov
1902–1941 (age 39)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Russian writer whose career was marked by the turbulent events of early 20th-century Russia.
Magomed Magomaev
1916–1945 (age 29)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wassili Dmitrijewitsch Bunin
1900–1945 (age 45)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Soviet military officer who served and died during World War II.
Nikifor Tsygankov
1905–1945 (age 40)
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Elisabeth Lupka
1902–1949 (age 47)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Concentration camp guard at Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the Holocaust.
Rudolf Höss
1900–1947 (age 47)
Auschwitz I concentration camp
Fritz Löhner-Beda
1883–1942 (age 59)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Austrian writer and librettist who died at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
Gisi Fleischmann
1894–1944 (age 50)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
1868–1944 (age 76)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Dutch painter whose life and work were cut short by the Holocaust.
Stanisław Żukowski
1873–1944 (age 71)
Pruszków
Stanisław Żukowski (1873-1944) was a Polish figure from Jendrychaŭcy who died during World War II and was buried in P...
Léon Monosson
1892–1943 (age 51)
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
French chess player who perished at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
Konstantin Averyanov
1922–1946 (age 24)
Bolesławice
Konstantin Averyanov (1922-1946) was a Soviet citizen from Nizhny Novgorod Governorate who died in Poland shortly after ...
Augustyn Westphal
1884–1946 (age 62)
Wejherowo
Augustyn Westphal was a Polish person from Rąb who lived through both world wars and died in 1946, buried in Wejherowo.
Wacław Osiński
1868–1945 (age 77)
Wejherowo
Wacław Osiński was a Polish individual from Sztumska Wieś who lived through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, d...
Feogent Yermolayev
1920–1944 (age 24)
Drogoszewo, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Feogent Yermolayev was a young Soviet or Eastern European individual from Ognyovka who died in 1944 during World War II ...
Sachar Ryhorawitsch Lyschenja
1917–1945 (age 28)
Sobocisko
Sachar Ryhorawitsch Lyschenja was a Belarusian or Eastern European person from Plastok who died in 1945 near the end of ...
Stanisław Taper
1883–1945 (age 62)
Wejherowo
Stanisław Taper (1883-1945) was a Polish figure who lived through both World Wars and was buried in Wejherowo.
Leon Lachnit
1887–1941 (age 54)
Mielec
Stepan Stepanovitsj Brjuchanov
1916–1945 (age 29)
Gliwice
Soviet citizen whose life spanned the revolutionary and wartime periods of the twentieth century.
Aleksey Timofeevitsj Nikitkin
1922–1945 (age 23)
Bielsko-Biała