Deaths in the 1940s
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Zdzisław Simche
1905–1940 (age 35)
Tarnów
Polish geographer from Tarnów who contributed to geographical research during the interwar period.
Vladimir Zelenyov
1922–1945 (age 23)
Stargard
Aleksey Filippovitsj Ribakov
1910–1945 (age 35)
Bielsko-Biała
A resident of Bielsko-Biała who lived through the transformative decades of early twentieth-century Europe.
Irena Iłłakowicz
1906–1943 (age 37)
Powązki Cemetery
Feliks Starczewski
1868–1945 (age 77)
Powązki Cemetery
Polish composer whose musical works enriched the cultural landscape of nineteenth and twentieth-century Poland.
Eugeniusz Morawski-Da̜browa
1876–1948 (age 72)
Powązki Cemetery
Felicjan Kowarski
1890–1948 (age 58)
Powązki Cemetery
Polish painter whose artistic vision helped shape the visual culture of twentieth-century Poland.
Franciszek Ksawery Brzeziński
1867–1944 (age 77)
Powązki Cemetery
Wacław Sieroszewski
1858–1945 (age 87)
Powązki Cemetery
Prominent Polish writer whose literary legacy profoundly influenced Polish cultural and intellectual traditions.
Edward Detkens
1885–1942 (age 57)
Powązki Cemetery
Stanisław Gall
1865–1942 (age 77)
Powązki Cemetery
Stanisław Gall (1865-1942) was a Warsaw-born Pole who lived through the partitions and died during the Nazi occupation,...
Zofia Garlicka
1874–1942 (age 68)
Powązki Cemetery
Zofia Garlicka (1874-1942) was a Polish woman born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, who died during World War II and was buri...
Maria Gerson-Dąbrowska
1869–1942 (age 73)
Powązki Cemetery
Maria Gerson-Dąbrowska (1869-1942) was a Warsaw native who perished during the Nazi occupation and was interred at Pow�...
Prince Tadeusz Giedroyc
1888–1941 (age 53)
Powązki Cemetery
Prince Tadeusz Giedroyc (1888-1941) was a Polish nobleman born in Aviliai who died during World War II and was buried at...
Hipolit Gliwic
1878–1943 (age 65)
Powązki Cemetery
Hipolit Gliwic (1878-1943) was a Warsaw-born Pole who died during the Nazi occupation and was laid to rest at Powązki C...
Franciszek Glugla
1872–1940 (age 68)
Powązki Cemetery
Franciszek Glugla (1872-1940) was a Warsaw native who died in the early years of World War II and was buried at Powązki...
Jerzy Nikodem Gościcki
1879–1946 (age 67)
Powązki Cemetery
Jerzy Nikodem Gościcki (1879-1946) was a Polish figure from Płock who survived World War II and was buried at Powązki...
Jan Adolf Hertz
1878–1943 (age 65)
Powązki Cemetery
Jan Adolf Hertz (1878-1943) was a Polish individual from Piotrków Trybunalski who died during the Nazi occupation and w...
Stanisław Higier
1894–1942 (age 48)
Powązki Cemetery
Stanisław Higier (1894-1942) was a Polish figure who died in Warsaw during World War II and was buried at Powązki Ceme...
Tadeusz Jachimowski
1892–1944 (age 52)
Powązki Cemetery
Tadeusz Jachimowski (1892-1944) was a Polish individual from Kazimierza Mała who was laid to rest at Powązki Cemetery.
Dmitriy Nikolaevitsj Koerloek
1920–1944 (age 24)
Białystok
Military personnel who served during World War II, 1920–1944.
Władysław Kucharski
1875–1942 (age 67)
Nowy Sącz
Roman Sichrawa
1869–1945 (age 76)
Nowy Sącz
Polish resident of Nowy Sącz, 1869–1945.
Janusz Kusociński
1907–1940 (age 33)
Palmiry Cemetery
Maciej Rataj
1884–1940 (age 56)
Palmiry Cemetery
Polish writer, 1884–1940, buried in Palmiry Cemetery.
Dawid Przepiórka
1880–1940 (age 60)
Palmiry Cemetery
Tomasz Stankiewicz
1902–1940 (age 38)
Palmiry Cemetery
Polish sport cyclist, 1902–1940, buried in Palmiry Cemetery.
Leon Wetmański
1886–1941 (age 55)
Soldau concentration camp
Aleksey Michaylovitsj Vjusjkov
1911–1945 (age 34)
Wodzisław Śląski
Individual who lived through World War II era, 1911–1945, in Wodzisław Śląski.
Zygmunt Sajna
1897–1940 (age 43)
Palmiry Cemetery
Witold Hulewicz
1895–1941 (age 46)
Palmiry Cemetery
Polish writer, 1895–1941, buried in Palmiry Cemetery.
Stanisław Piasecki
1900–1941 (age 41)
Palmiry Cemetery
Stanisław Piasecki (1900-1941) was a Polish victim of Nazi mass executions from Lviv, buried at Palmiry Cemetery where ...
Władysław Gargul
1883–1946 (age 63)
Wieliczka
Polish photographer, 1883–1946, from Wieliczka.
Izydor Koszykowski
1901–1942 (age 41)
Palmiry Cemetery
Izydor Koszykowski (1901-1942) was a Warsaw resident executed by the Nazis and buried at Palmiry Cemetery, a site of mas...
Ludwik Młynek
1864–1941 (age 77)
Wieliczka
Polish writer, 1864–1941, buried in Wieliczka.
Mikhail Yegorov
1905–1945 (age 40)
Chobienia
Kazimierz Cetnarowicz
1915–1943 (age 28)
Palmiry Cemetery
Kazimierz Cetnarowicz (1915-1943) was a young Polish victim of Nazi terror from Warsaw, buried at Palmiry Cemetery among...
Jan Niedziałek
1907–1943 (age 36)
Palmiry Cemetery
Jan Niedziałek (1907-1943) was a Polish victim from Żeliszew Duży executed by the Nazis and buried at Palmiry Cemeter...
Tadeusz Emich
1891–1940 (age 49)
Palmiry Cemetery
Tadeusz Emich (1891-1940) was a Polish victim of early Nazi mass executions, buried at Palmiry Cemetery during the initi...
Władysław Junosza-Szaniawski
1875–1943 (age 68)
Palmiry Cemetery
Władysław Junosza-Szaniawski (1875-1943) was a Polish victim of Nazi occupation executed and buried at Palmiry Cemeter...
Bogumił Marzec
1909–1940 (age 31)
Palmiry Cemetery
Bogumił Marzec (1909-1940) was a Warsaw resident executed by the Nazis in 1940 and buried at Palmiry Cemetery during th...
Maksymilian Lewin
1886–1940 (age 54)
Palmiry Cemetery
Maksymilian Lewin (1886-1940) was a Polish victim of Nazi terror executed in 1940 and buried at Palmiry Cemetery.
Helena Gnoińska
1892–1940 (age 48)
Palmiry Cemetery
Helena Gnoińska (1892-1940) was a Polish woman from Maluszyn executed by the Nazis and buried at Palmiry Cemetery among...
Jan Kujawski
1885–1948 (age 63)
Zaborów
Jan Kujawski (1885-1948) was a Polish resident of Zajezierze who survived World War II and was buried in Zaborów.
Eugeniusz Rau
1891–1940 (age 49)
Palmiry Cemetery
Eugeniusz Rau (1891-1940) was a Polish victim of Nazi mass executions in 1940, buried at Palmiry Cemetery during the cam...
Wacław Tyrchowski
1895–1940 (age 45)
Palmiry Cemetery
Wacław Tyrchowski (1895-1940) was a Polish victim of Nazi occupation who perished during World War II and was buried at...
Jan Krawczyk
1888–1940 (age 52)
Palmiry Cemetery
Jan Krawczyk (1888-1940) was a Warsaw resident who died during the Nazi occupation of Poland and was buried at Palmiry C...
Wacław Koźniewski
1888–1940 (age 52)
Palmiry Cemetery
Wacław Koźniewski (1888-1940) was a Warsaw resident who perished during World War II and was laid to rest at Palmiry C...
Kazimierz Jeżewski
1877–1948 (age 71)
Powązki Cemetery
Kazimierz Jeżewski (1877-1948) was a Polish person from Cierno-Żabieniec who was buried at Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery.
Wacław Kloss
1867–1943 (age 76)
Powązki Cemetery
Wacław Kloss (1867-1943) was a Polish figure who died in Warsaw and was interred at Powązki Cemetery.