What happened on 29 January 1945?

Discover what happened on 29 January 1945 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

  • Antoni Ostrowski
  • Stanisław Kolankowski
  • Aleksander Chojnacki
  • Roman Minga
  • Emil Kaszuba
  • Roman Idasiak
  • Julian Kujawski
  • Elise Leplae
  • Karl Fübinger (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Tadeusz Dyniawski (Dyniowski)
  • George Frederick Havill ((1865-1945))
  • Antal Gyárfás (Hungarian architect (1881–1945))
  • Otto Kroeger (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Elise Leplae
  • Karl Fübinger (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Tadeusz Dyniawski (Dyniowski)
  • George Frederick Havill ((1865-1945))
  • Antal Gyárfás (Hungarian architect (1881–1945))
  • Otto Kroeger (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Francis A. Flaks (American architect, active in Chicago)
  • Asunción Menéndez Fernández
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  • Hans Conrad Leipelt (active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany)
  • Emil Schön (German fencer (1872–1945))
  • Gustav Flatow (German gymnast (1875-1945))
  • Giuseppe Baldi (Italian footballer (1905-1945))
  • Ilonka Szabó (opera singer, screenwriter (1911-1945))
  • Karl Heinrich Schäfer (German historian and archivist (1871–1945))
  • Josef Höhn (German politician (1902-1945))
  • Kurt Riedel (German jurist (1903-1945))
  • Rudolf Seiffert (German baker (1908–1945))
  • Ilya Golosov (Russian architect (1883–1945))
  • Wilhelm Cornelius Werhahn (German entrepreneur (1891-1945))
  • Andrea Schivo
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  • Feodosiy Gorbach
  • Yakov Strepanovich Zadorozhny (Hero of the Soviet Union (1912-1945))
  • Yuriy Ivliyev (Hero of the Soviet Union (1923–1945))
  • Nikolay Krasnov (Soviet fighter pilot (1914-1945))
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  • Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew (English cricketer (1878-1945))
  • Austin Clarke (Canadian politician)
  • Johannes Kolf
  • Thomas Harrison Butler (British doctor (1871–1945))
  • Grigory Shostatsky (Soviet military officer)
  • German Molodov (Soviet military personnel)
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  • Vasily Isakov
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  • Rafel Vich i Bennàssar (Spanish organist (1893-1945))
  • Aleksandrs Mateass (Latvian military officer)
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  • Petras Gužas
  • Masami Nakamura (Japanese baseball player (1924-1945))
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  • Karl Lüdtke (German politician)
  • Herbert Splanemann
  • Eugenio di Mattei
  • James Galbraith (judge and politician, died 1945)
  • Dimitris Vitris (Greek painter)
  • Josef Losch
  • Karl Holzfäller (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Friedrich Tischler (German ornithologist)
  • Maksym Ostrovskyi
  • Naitō Hisahiro
  • Ulrich Mundt
  • Edgardo Fogli
  • Egmont Schultz (victim of National Socialism from Berlin)
  • Herman Huber Kuyper (Dutch professor (1864-1945))
  • Denyse Le Lasseur (French archeologist, orientalist (1889-1945))
  • Johanna Antonia Maria Bartels-Striethorst (Dutch resistance fighter)
  • Georges Maerckaert
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  • Bertalan Szepesházy (Hungarian soldier, politician (1890-1945))
  • Otto Fabian (holocaust victim, b. 1915-09-22)
  • Juda Friedmann (Holocaust victim (born 1896))
  • Stefano Idzkowski (Polish-born Italian librarian (1875-1945))
  • Gottfried Fuchs (German clergyman)
  • Antonín Fried (holocaust victim, b. 1872-10-08)
  • Martha Wittkower (holocaust victim, b. 1876-01-14)
  • Fritz Sommer (Holocaust victim (born 1894))
  • Josef Last (holocaust victim, b. 1894-08-25)
  • Gosen Murman
  • Ludvík Albert Engel
  • Johannes Marquardt (priest)
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  • Ludvík Engel
  • Andrej Medve
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  • Ivan Hendrjuk
  • Michal Hricko
  • Ondrej Chlpík
  • Ján Tomka
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  • Bobette van Gelder (Dutch painter)
  • Hendrik Nijhof (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
  • Elena Balsh (6 May 1866 Iasi, Moldovia – 29 Jan 1945 Bucuresti, Romania)
  • Amélie Arató (Hungarian high school teacher and pedagogical writer (1883–1945))
  • David Wolf ((born 1901) Holocaust victim)
  • Jakob Powodowski
  • Stanisław Grzeniewski
  • Franciszek Jechowski
  • Wacław Rygielski