Discover what happened on 6 February 1944 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Rudolf Levy (German Jewish artist murdered at Auschwitz (1875-1944))
- Adolf Panzner (German politician (1892-1944))
- Benjamin M. Miller (American politician (1864–1944))
- Tatiana Barbakov (dancer (1899-1944))
- Karl Heinz Wagner (German archaeologist and prehistorian (1907-1944))
- Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (Dutch politician (1867–1944))
- Arthur Sauvé (Canadian politician (1874-1944))
- Bernard Schonberg (French rabbi)
- Jacques Halpern
- Maurice Schlosser
- Luigi Trinchero (Argentine artist (1862–1944))
- Vladimir Myza
- Alf Hanlon (New Zealand lawyer)
- Alfredo Serratos Amador (Mexican military personnel (1870-1944))
- Marciano Silva (Mexican military personnel (1849-1944))
- Samuli Paulaharju (Finnish teacher, ethnographer and writer)
- John Ramsay (Australian surgeon (1872-1944))
- Philip Michael Faraday (British composer, lawyer and theatre producer (1875–1944))
- Marian Senger (fighter of the Polish resistance movement)
- Will B. Johnstone (American writer, cartoonist (1883–1944))
- Willie Kavanaugh Hocker (designer of the Flag of Arkansas)
- Heinz Buchholz (German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander (1909-1944))
- Seiji Yamagata
- Tadahiko Otowa ((1914-1944))
- Kiril Botev (Bulgarian military officer)
- Ferdinand Müller (politician (1859-1944))
- Peer Borup
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- Zeynel Abidin Bayhan (Turkish politician)
- František Schulz (Czech water polo player)
- John Kerr (British civilian maritime Master decorated for bravery aboard the ‘Baron Nairn’, on 7 June 1941)
- József Papp (Hungarian politician (1873–1944))
- Ettore Felice Camerino
- Roy Samuel MacElwee (director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce)
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- Mary Hannah Frances Ivens (British physician 1870-1944)
- Virginia Montalcini
- Astolfo Lunardi (sentenced to death during the World War II)
- Ermanno Margheriti (sentenced to death during the World War II)
- Veliko Ĭordanov (Bulgarian literary critic)
- Elise Pfister (Swiss pastor (1886-1944))
- Sissel Vogelmann
- Andrew Shearer (Canadian lumber merchant and amateur ice hockey player (1864-1944))
- Ruth Astor Noyes (American suffragist)
- Julien Féron (French painter)
- Ernst Gottfrid Agnér Anderson
- Mary Agnes Cubitt ((died 1944))
- Stella Randall ((died 1944))
- Florence Clarke ((died 1944))
- Humphrey John Chetwynd-Talbot ((1883-1944))
- Sigmund von Sallwürk (German painter)
- Elka Frex (Victim of the Holocaust)
- Pauline Ascher (holocaust victim, b. 1876-09-24)
- Rosalie Austerlitz (Holocaust victim (born 1872))
- Oskar Basch (holocaust victim, b. 1876-10-26)
- Moses Behr (Holocaust victim (born 1865))
- Heinrich Berger (holocaust victim, b. 1873-02-20)
- Max Bernheimer (Holocaust victim (born 1874))
- Berta Fischer (holocaust victim, b. 1884-04-11)
- Fritz Hollaender (Holocaust victim (born 1881))
- Siegmund Krautkopf (Holocaust victim (born 1873))
- Edith Löwenstein (holocaust victim, b. 1924-11-09)
- Martha Philippsohn (holocaust victim, b. 1854-01-27)
- Beile Bertha Slotriner (Holocaust victim (born 1870))
- Moritz Spott (Holocaust victim (born 1874))
- Flora Weger (Holocaust victim (born 1864))
- Frieda Wolf (holocaust victim, b. 1873-03-08)
- Berta Lobbenberg (holocaust victim, b. 1882-02-26)
- Marie Keller (Holocaust victim (born 1871))
- Otto Maier (holocaust victim, b. 1877-05-31)
- Katharina Prinz (Holocaust victim (born 1865))
- Rudolf Propper (holocaust victim, b. 1871-03-07)
- Martha Ehrlich (Holocaust victim, born 1870-10-30)
- Fausto Ardigò
- Giuseppe Leblis
- Roman Głowiński
- Tadeusz Strojek
- J. Frederick Talcott (American merchant (1866-1944))
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- Adele Carmi
- Antonín Borovička