Deaths in the 1940s

James Campbell Clouston

1900–1940 (age 40)

Becklingen War Cemetery

Robin Tudsbery

1919–1945 (age 26)

Becklingen War Cemetery

Robin Tudsbery was a British bodyguard who served during World War II and died in 1945.

Dermot Lardner-Burke

1921–1945 (age 24)

Becklingen War Cemetery

Gustav Radbruch

1878–1949 (age 71)

Bergfriedhof

Gustav Radbruch was a German politician and legal scholar whose work influenced German law and political thought.

Martin Dibelius

1883–1947 (age 64)

Bergfriedhof

Johannes Hoops

1865–1949 (age 84)

Bergfriedhof

Johannes Hoops was a German historian whose scholarly contributions shaped medieval and early modern historical studies.

Franciszek Jastrzębski

1905–1940 (age 35)

Kiel War Cemetery

Gustav Hartung

1887–1946 (age 59)

Bergfriedhof

Gustav Hartung was a German theatrical director whose artistic contributions enriched the cultural landscape of early tw...

Princess Gerta of Isenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach

1863–1945 (age 82)

Bergfriedhof

Leontine Goldschmidt

1863–1942 (age 79)

Bergfriedhof

Leontine Goldschmidt was a philanthropist whose generous donations supported cultural and social institutions in Karlsru...

Julius Curtius

1877–1948 (age 71)

Bergfriedhof

Gerhard Anschütz

1867–1948 (age 81)

Bergfriedhof

Gerhard Anschütz was a German professor whose scholarly contributions and teaching shaped academic discourse in his fie...

Carl Bosch

1874–1940 (age 66)

Bergfriedhof

Wilhelm Salomon-Calvi

1868–1941 (age 73)

Bergfriedhof

Wilhelm Salomon-Calvi was a German geologist whose scientific research advanced the understanding of geological formatio...

Camilla Jellinek

1860–1940 (age 80)

Bergfriedhof

Ernst Walz

1859–1941 (age 82)

Bergfriedhof

Ernst Walz was a German politician whose public service contributed to the development of Karlsruhe and the broader regi...

Hermann Billing

1867–1946 (age 79)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Edgar von Gierke

1877–1945 (age 68)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Edgar von Gierke was a German university teacher whose academic work contributed to higher education and scholarly advan...

Ludwig Dill

1848–1940 (age 92)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Hermann Baumeister

1867–1944 (age 77)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Hermann Baumeister was a German painter whose artistic contributions enriched the cultural heritage of Karlsruhe.

Hermann Volz

1847–1941 (age 94)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Karl Siegrist

1862–1944 (age 82)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Karl Siegrist was a German politician whose public service contributed to the governance and development of Karlsruhe.

Wilhelm Hempfing

1886–1948 (age 62)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Paul Zech

1881–1946 (age 65)

III. Städtischer Friedhof Stubenrauchstraße

Paul Zech was a German writer whose literary works explored social and human themes in early twentieth-century Germany.

Heinrich Köhler

1878–1949 (age 71)

Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe

Wilhelmina Elisabeth Joséphine Felsing

1876–1945 (age 69)

III. Städtischer Friedhof Stubenrauchstraße

Wilhelmina Elisabeth Joséphine Felsing (1876–1945) was a German woman whose life reflected the tumultuous history of ...

La Jana

1905–1940 (age 35)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Roland Freisler

1893–1945 (age 52)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Roland Freisler (1893–1945) was a German judge whose career encompassed the transformative decades of early twentieth-...

Werner Sombart

1863–1941 (age 78)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld

1902–1944 (age 42)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (1902–1944) was a German military officer whose life reflected the compl...

Hanns Kerrl

1887–1941 (age 54)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Paul Daimler

1869–1945 (age 76)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Paul Daimler (1869–1945) was a German engineer and member of the prominent Daimler industrial family.

Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde

1873–1942 (age 69)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Ernst Burggaller

1896–1940 (age 44)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Ernst Burggaller (1896–1940) was a German fighter pilot whose career was marked by the pioneering era of military avia...

Ludwig Dettmann

1865–1944 (age 79)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Hellmuth Volkmann

1889–1940 (age 51)

Waldfriedhof Dahlem

Hellmuth Volkmann (1889–1940) was a German military officer whose career spanned the transformative decades of the twe...

Joseph Goebbels

1897–1945 (age 48)

Ehle

Heinrich Greif

1907–1946 (age 39)

Französischer Friedhof

Heinrich Greif (1907–1946) was a German actor whose career contributed to the theatrical traditions of twentieth-centu...

Alfons Paquet

1881–1944 (age 63)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Julia Virginia Scheuermann

1878–1942 (age 64)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Julia Virginia Scheuermann (1878–1942) was a German writer whose work reflected the literary traditions of her era.

Maria Elisabeth Epstein

1881–1948 (age 67)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Max Flesch

1852–1943 (age 91)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Max Flesch (1852–1943) was a German physician whose career encompassed nearly a century of medical practice and advanc...

Walther vom Rath

1857–1940 (age 83)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Albert Katzenellenbogen

1863–1942 (age 79)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Albert Katzenellenbogen (1863–1942) was a German lawyer whose career reflected the legal traditions of his era.

Alexander von Lersner

1856–1940 (age 84)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Victor Schmieden

1874–1945 (age 71)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Victor Schmieden was a prominent Frankfurt surgeon whose career spanned several decades in the late 19th and early 20th ...

Else Gentner-Fischer

1883–1943 (age 60)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Martin Weber

1890–1941 (age 51)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Martin Weber was a Frankfurt architect active in the early 20th century whose designs shaped the city's urban landscape.

Karl Freiherr von Lersner

1898–1943 (age 45)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Adolf Lampe

1897–1948 (age 51)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Adolf Lampe was a German economist whose career encompassed the turbulent economic periods of the twentieth century.