Deaths in the 1940s

Karol Henryk Martens

1868–1948 (age 80)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Kazimierz Petrusewicz

1872–1949 (age 77)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Ludwik Tunkel

1862–1941 (age 79)

Kórnica

Stefan Wacław Rottermund

1878–1945 (age 67)

Powązki Cemetery

Tymoteusz Sawicki

1890–1946 (age 56)

Powązki Cemetery

Tymoteusz Sawicki (1890-1946) was a Polish man from Brzesko who survived World War II and died shortly after Poland's li...

Stanisław Gustaw Pleśniewicz

1883–1943 (age 60)

Powązki Cemetery

Stanisław Gustaw Pleśniewicz (1883-1943) was a Polish figure who died in Kyiv during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine.

Stanisław Tadeusz Kamocki

1877–1941 (age 64)

Powązki Cemetery

Stanisław Tadeusz Kamocki (1877-1941) was a Warsaw resident who died during the early years of Nazi occupation of Polan...

Jan Radoliński

1897–1942 (age 45)

Powązki Cemetery

Jan Radoliński (1897-1942) was a Warsaw resident who died during the height of World War II in occupied Poland.

Władysław Pasella

1890–1943 (age 53)

Powązki Cemetery

Władysław Pasella (1890-1943) was a Polish man from Łabowa who died during the Nazi occupation.

Mirosław Panufnik

1909–1944 (age 35)

Powązki Cemetery

Franciszek Zamoyski

1876–1948 (age 72)

Powązki Cemetery

Józef Suliński

1902–1944 (age 42)

Powązki Cemetery

Wiktor Szandorowski

1892–1948 (age 56)

Powązki Cemetery

Stanisław Kossecki

1886–1946 (age 60)

Powązki Cemetery

Jan Ryś

1889–1941 (age 52)

Powązki Cemetery

Ludwik Evert

1863–1945 (age 82)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Emil Gerlach

1859–1941 (age 82)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Bronislavas Rydzevskis

1884–1945 (age 61)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Wacław Gerreth

1891–1947 (age 56)

Powązki Cemetery

Wacław Gerreth (1891-1947) survived World War II and was buried at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Aleksander Brzosko

1899–1941 (age 42)

Powązki Cemetery

Aleksander Brzosko was a Polish man from Krzywda who died in 1941 during World War II and was buried at Warsaw's Powązk...

Krzysztof Siedlecki

1894–1942 (age 48)

Powązki Cemetery

Krzysztof Siedlecki was a Warsaw resident who died in 1942 during the Nazi occupation and was buried at Powązki Cemeter...

Kazimierz Szokalski

1878–1940 (age 62)

Powązki Cemetery

Kazimierz Szokalski (1878-1940) was a Polish figure from Radom who was buried at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Kazimierz Rossman

1866–1944 (age 78)

Powązki Cemetery

Kazimierz Rossman (1866-1944) was a Polish individual from Bielawa who lived through both World Wars and was buried at P...

Stanisław Kozierski

1880–1942 (age 62)

Powązki Cemetery

Stanisław Kozierski (1880-1942) was a Polish person who died during World War II and was buried at Powązki Cemetery in...

Wacław Prochnau

1905–1945 (age 40)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Polish engineer whose career was ended by his death during World War II.

Amelia Blumental

1868–1942 (age 74)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Amelia Blumental (1868-1942) was a Protestant woman who died during the German occupation and was buried at the Evangeli...

Adam Kleczkowski

1883–1949 (age 66)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Polish university teacher whose academic career spanned the interwar and early postwar periods.

Adam Setkowicz

1875–1945 (age 70)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Adam Setkowicz (1875-1945) was a Kraków resident who died at the end of World War II and was buried at Rakowicki Cemete...

Aleksander Adelman

1859–1942 (age 83)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Aleksander Adelman (1859-1942) was born in Mikolayiv and died during the German occupation of Poland, buried at Rakowick...

Aleksander Domaszewicz

1887–1948 (age 61)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Aleksander Domaszewicz (1887-1948) was born in Lviv and survived World War II, dying in the early postwar period and bur...

Antoni Wereszczyński

1878–1948 (age 70)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Antoni Wereszczyński (1878-1948) was born in Sloboda and survived World War II, buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków...

Antoni Wilk

1876–1940 (age 64)

Rakowicki Cemetery

Antoni Wilk (1876-1940) was from Pławowice and died during the early years of World War II, buried at Rakowicki Cemeter...

Bolesław Handelsman-Targowski

1885–1944 (age 59)

Powązki Cemetery

Bolesław Handelsman-Targowski (1885-1944) was a Warsaw resident who likely perished during the Warsaw Uprising or its a...

Zofia Anna Jętkiewiczowa

1879–1945 (age 66)

Powązki Cemetery

Antoni Michał Klimas

1900–1949 (age 49)

Powązki Cemetery

Polish aircraft pilot whose service spanned the interwar period and World War II.

Majer Samuel Bałaban

1877–1942 (age 65)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Zalman Fridrich

1911–1943 (age 32)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Polish Jewish resident of Warsaw whose life ended during the Holocaust.

Janusz Korczak

1878–1942 (age 64)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Abraham Blum

1905–1943 (age 38)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Polish building engineer and Jewish community member who perished during the Holocaust.

Michał Klepfisz

1913–1943 (age 30)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Jakub Lejkin

1906–1942 (age 36)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Polish lawyer Jakub Lejkin (1906–1942) practiced law during the interwar period before his death during World War II.

Alfred Nossig

1864–1943 (age 79)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Jurek Błones

1922–1943 (age 21)

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

Polish trade unionist Jurek Błones (1922–1943) was an advocate for workers' rights who died during World War II.

Vitold Shmulyan

1914–1944 (age 30)

Praga

Marian Leon Fulman

1864–1945 (age 81)

St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Lublin

Polish politician Marian Leon Fulman (1864–1945) served his nation during a transformative period in Polish history.

Jerzy Roland

1900–1940 (age 40)

Muszyna

Seweryn Mściwujewski

1880–1944 (age 64)

Muszyna

Polish physician Seweryn Mściwujewski (1880–1944) dedicated his career to medical practice and patient care.

Vasiliy Peshekhonov

1925–1945 (age 20)

Bolęcin

Vasiliy Peshekhonov was a young Soviet soldier from Alamasovo who died in Poland in 1945 at age 20, likely during the fi...

Karol Wilhelm Albrecht

1884–1945 (age 61)

Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw

Karol Wilhelm Albrecht (1884-1945) was a Protestant who died in the final year of World War II and was buried at the Eva...

Jadwiga Massalska

1863–1944 (age 81)

Powązki Cemetery

Jadwiga Massalska (1863-1944) was a Polish woman who lived into her eighties and was buried at Powązki Cemetery in Wars...