Deaths in the 1940s

Ferdinand Kopf

1857–1943 (age 86)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Franz Geiler

1879–1948 (age 69)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Franz Geiler was a German politician active in public service during the early 20th century.

Franz Keller

1873–1944 (age 71)

Hauptfriedhof Freiburg

Franz Nause

1903–1943 (age 40)

Stadtfriedhof Ricklingen

Franz Nause was a German individual whose life spanned the early-to-mid 20th century.

Wilhelm Bluhm

1898–1942 (age 44)

Stadtfriedhof Ricklingen

Wilhelm Marx

1863–1946 (age 83)

Melaten-Friedhof

Wilhelm Marx was a German judge who served during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Alice Guszalewicz

1879–1940 (age 61)

Melaten-Friedhof

Jón Sveinsson

1857–1944 (age 87)

Melaten-Friedhof

Jón Sveinsson was an Icelandic Catholic priest who served his faith community throughout his life.

Walter Lieck

1906–1944 (age 38)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Alfred Schneider

1876–1941 (age 65)

Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf

Alfred Schneider was a German showman and entertainer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Max Wallraf

1859–1941 (age 82)

Melaten-Friedhof

Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch

1880–1945 (age 65)

Melaten-Friedhof

Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch was a German stage actor known for his theatrical performances.

Theodor Helten

1897–1942 (age 45)

Melaten-Friedhof

Anton Kurze

1875–1941 (age 66)

Boele

Anton Kurze was a German individual who lived from 1875 to 1941.

Arnold Weiss-Rüthel

1900–1949 (age 49)

Nordfriedhof

Otto Rauchenberger

1864–1942 (age 78)

Nordfriedhof

Otto Rauchenberger was a German author who contributed to his nation's literary culture.

Rudolf von Heuß

1875–1949 (age 74)

Nordfriedhof

Alexander Neubert

1862–1945 (age 83)

Nordfriedhof

Alexander Neubert was a German Ministerialrat and high-ranking administrative official.

Karl Georg Reiseneder

1876–1944 (age 68)

Nordfriedhof

Franz Paul Scheiber

1875–1942 (age 67)

Nordfriedhof

Franz Paul Scheiber was a German sculptor whose works contributed to his nation's artistic heritage.

Paula Frieb

1871–1945 (age 74)

Nordfriedhof

Karl Plättner

1893–1945 (age 52)

Treuchtlingen War Cemetery

Karl Plättner was a German writer who lived from 1893 to 1945.

Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld

1870–1948 (age 78)

Christuskirche

Carl von Tubeuf

1862–1941 (age 79)

Nordfriedhof

Carl von Tubeuf was a German university teacher and academic scholar.

Georg Pezold

1865–1943 (age 78)

Nordfriedhof

Theodore Feucht

1867–1944 (age 77)

Nordfriedhof

Rudolf von Xylander

1872–1946 (age 74)

Nordfriedhof

Wilhelm Pechmann

1859–1948 (age 89)

Nordfriedhof

Eduard Dietl

1890–1944 (age 54)

Nordfriedhof

Ferdinand Marian

1902–1946 (age 44)

Nordfriedhof

Hermann Frieb

1909–1943 (age 34)

Nordfriedhof

Ludwig von Reuter

1869–1943 (age 74)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Kurt Renner

1886–1943 (age 57)

Melaten-Friedhof

Alfred Haehner

1880–1949 (age 69)

Melaten-Friedhof

Otto Strack

1869–1940 (age 71)

Melaten-Friedhof

Margarete Pix

1862–1944 (age 82)

Cäcilie-Bleeker-Park

Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1878–1948 (age 70)

Heisterbach Abbey

Gustav Kieseritzky

1893–1943 (age 50)

Kiel North Cemetery

Kurt von Plettenberg

1891–1945 (age 54)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Ulrich Sell

1884–1945 (age 61)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Käthe Pietschker

1861–1949 (age 88)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy

1870–1943 (age 73)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Waldemar Hesse von Hessenthal

1880–1942 (age 62)

Bornstedt Cemetery

Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer

1920–1944 (age 24)

Rheinberg War Cemetery

Heinz Mahn

1872–1945 (age 73)

Burgtorfriedhof

Adolf Howaldt

1877–1946 (age 69)

Burgtorfriedhof

German engineer whose career contributed to industrial advancement in late 19th and early 20th century Germany.

Anton Jäger

1893–1948 (age 55)

Burghagel

Anna Lippmann

1881–1943 (age 62)

Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery

A member of the German Jewish community whose life encompassed the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Otto Wurstmacher

1879–1940 (age 61)

Dorfkirche Rosenthal

Richard Strauss

1864–1949 (age 85)

Friedhof Garmisch

Renowned German composer whose innovative orchestral works and operas profoundly shaped modern classical music.