Deaths in the 1940s

Theodor Lockemann

1885–1945 (age 60)

Nordfriedhof

Kurt Kühme

1885–1944 (age 59)

Bonn North Cemetery

Kurt Kühme was a German politician whose public service and civic engagement shaped local and national political discou...

Walter Koch

1910–1943 (age 33)

Bonn North Cemetery

Arthur Ebermann

1883–1941 (age 58)

Nordfriedhof

Arthur Ebermann was a German mayor whose administrative leadership contributed significantly to municipal governance and...

Hans Oster

1887–1945 (age 58)

Nordfriedhof

Hanns Heinz Ewers

1871–1943 (age 72)

Düsseldorf North Cemetery

Hanns Heinz Ewers was a German screenwriter and author whose creative works significantly contributed to early cinema an...

Johanna Ey

1864–1947 (age 83)

Düsseldorf North Cemetery

Gotthard von Timroth

1868–1941 (age 73)

Nordfriedhof

Gotthard von Timroth was a German military officer whose service contributed to the institutional development of the arm...

Grete Unrein

1872–1945 (age 73)

Nordfriedhof

Curt Theodor Fischer

1869–1948 (age 79)

Nordfriedhof

Curt Theodor Fischer was a prominent German geographer whose scholarly contributions significantly advanced the discipli...

Georg Mentz

1870–1943 (age 73)

Nordfriedhof

Rudolf Straubel

1864–1943 (age 79)

Nordfriedhof

Rudolf Straubel was a German physicist whose scientific research contributed to the advancement of physical knowledge an...

Marie Straubel

1865–1944 (age 79)

Nordfriedhof

Irene Eucken

1863–1941 (age 78)

Nordfriedhof

Irene Eucken was a German painter whose artistic work contributed to the visual arts and aesthetic discourse of her time...

Gustav Diekmann

1875–1944 (age 69)

Nordfriedhof

Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

1859–1941 (age 82)

Parkfriedhof Meiningen

Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen was a German royal artist and cultural figure of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Franz Oppenhoff

1902–1945 (age 43)

Aachen East Cemetery

Erwin Classen

1889–1944 (age 55)

Aachen East Cemetery

Erwin Classen was a German jurist whose career was ended by his death in 1944.

Georg Talbot

1864–1948 (age 84)

Aachen East Cemetery

Albert Heusch

1868–1944 (age 76)

Aachen East Cemetery

Albert Heusch was a German politician active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Alfred Reumont

1863–1942 (age 79)

Aachen East Cemetery

Bernhard Witte

1868–1948 (age 80)

Aachen East Cemetery

Bernhard Witte was a German goldsmith known for his fine metalworking and craftsmanship.

Hans Fischer

1881–1945 (age 64)

Ostfriedhof

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

1858–1940 (age 82)

Ostfriedhof

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich was an Austrian aristocrat of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Josef Eichheim

1888–1945 (age 57)

Ostfriedhof

Elsa Bernstein

1866–1949 (age 83)

Ostfriedhof

Elsa Bernstein was a German writer whose literary works contributed to 19th and early 20th-century German culture.

Hans Gudden

1866–1940 (age 74)

Ostfriedhof

Albert Rohde

1873–1946 (age 73)

Ostfriedhof

Albert Rohde was a German chemist whose scientific work spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Hans Spemann

1869–1941 (age 72)

Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

Rüdiger Schleicher

1895–1945 (age 50)

Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

Rüdiger Schleicher was a German lawyer whose career ended during World War II in 1945.

Karl Vollmoeller

1878–1948 (age 70)

Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

Elizabeth Duncan

1871–1948 (age 77)

Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

Elizabeth Duncan was an American dance teacher and pioneer in modern dance education.

Eugen Kittel

1859–1946 (age 87)

Pragfriedhof Stuttgart

James Stokes

1915–1945 (age 30)