Deaths in the 1940s

Alexander von Gleichen-Rußwurm

1865–1947 (age 82)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Arthur Weinberg

1860–1943 (age 83)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Arthur Weinberg was a Frankfurt entrepreneur whose business endeavors contributed to the city's economic development.

Augusto Varnesi

1866–1941 (age 75)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Georg Foucar

1870–1945 (age 75)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Georg Foucar was a Frankfurt manager whose organizational leadership spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Rudolf Winterwerb

1863–1941 (age 78)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Else Alken

1877–1942 (age 65)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Else Alken was a Frankfurt politician who participated in public service during the early twentieth century.

Eduard Wolfskehl

1874–1943 (age 69)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Karl Kotzenberg

1866–1940 (age 74)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Karl Kotzenberg was a Frankfurt merchant whose commercial activities contributed to the city's trading heritage.

Johann Hermann Rumpf

1875–1942 (age 67)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Ludwig Harald Schütz

1873–1941 (age 68)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Ludwig Harald Schütz was a Frankfurt philologist whose scholarly contributions advanced the study of language and liter...

Ricarda Huch

1864–1947 (age 83)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel

1886–1944 (age 58)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel was a German military officer whose service encompassed the tumultuous twentieth century.

Ludwig Landmann

1868–1945 (age 77)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Johanna Kirchner

1889–1944 (age 55)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Johanna Kirchner was a Frankfurt correspondent whose journalism documented events of the early twentieth century.

Eduard Weber-Andreae

1876–1943 (age 67)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Ludwig von Bernus

1913–1942 (age 29)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Ludwig von Bernus (1913–1942) was a Frankfurt-born German intellectual whose brief life spanned one of Europe's most t...

Eduard Ziehen

1896–1945 (age 49)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Hella Flesch

1866–1943 (age 77)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Hella Flesch (1866–1943) was a German social worker whose career was dedicated to improving the welfare of vulnerable ...

Erich Löffler

1908–1945 (age 37)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Konrad Arndt

1899–1940 (age 41)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Konrad Arndt (1899–1940) was a German who lived through the interwar period and early World War II era.

Alexander von Bernus

1873–1943 (age 70)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Robert Treuner

1877–1948 (age 71)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Robert Treuner (1877–1948) was a German whose long life encompassed the German Empire, Weimar Republic, and World War ...

Eduard Gelbart

1878–1948 (age 70)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Hans Rose

1888–1945 (age 57)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Hans Rose (1888–1945) was a German university teacher whose academic career spanned the early twentieth century.

Albert Andreae de Neufville

1854–1940 (age 86)

Frankfurt Main Cemetery

Friedrich Sarre

1865–1945 (age 80)

Klein Glienicke

Friedrich Sarre (1865–1945) was a prominent German orientalist whose scholarly work advanced the study of Eastern cult...

Josef Beeking

1891–1947 (age 56)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Wolfgang Michael

1862–1945 (age 83)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Wolfgang Michael (1862–1945) was a German historian whose scholarly work contributed to the advancement of historical ...

Anton Retzbach

1867–1945 (age 78)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Otto Kahler

1878–1946 (age 68)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Otto Kahler (1878–1946) was a German physician whose medical career spanned several decades of the twentieth century.

Friedrich Paschen

1865–1947 (age 82)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Joachim Gottschalk

1904–1941 (age 37)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Joachim Gottschalk (1904–1941) was a German stage actor whose theatrical career contributed to early twentieth-century...

Rudolf Breitscheid

1874–1944 (age 70)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Georg von Arco

1869–1940 (age 71)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Georg von Arco (1869–1940) was a German physicist whose scientific work contributed to advances in early twentieth-cen...

Heinrich Lübbe

1884–1940 (age 56)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Edmund Rumpler

1872–1940 (age 68)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Edmund Rumpler was a German engineer known for innovations in automotive and aircraft design.

Otto von Falke

1862–1942 (age 80)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Adolf Gottstein

1857–1941 (age 84)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Adolf Gottstein was a German microbiologist who advanced the study of infectious diseases and public health.

Hanno Günther

1921–1942 (age 21)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Georg Schünemann

1884–1945 (age 61)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Georg Schünemann was a German university teacher active in early 20th-century academic life.

Emil Prill

1867–1940 (age 73)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Hugo Distler

1908–1942 (age 34)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Hugo Distler was a German composer whose works enriched the musical culture of his era.

Friedrich Boden

1870–1947 (age 77)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Georg von Boeselager

1915–1944 (age 29)

Heimerzheim Castle

Georg von Boeselager was a German military officer during World War II.

Ludwig Aschoff

1866–1942 (age 76)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Carl Christian Mez

1866–1944 (age 78)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Carl Christian Mez was a German university teacher and scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Heinrich Zöllner

1854–1941 (age 87)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Karl Diehl

1864–1943 (age 79)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Karl Diehl was a German economist whose work advanced economic scholarship and policy discussion.

Benedikt Kreutz

1879–1949 (age 70)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Hermann Eris Busse

1891–1947 (age 56)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Hermann Eris Busse was a German writer whose literary works contributed to early 20th-century German culture.