Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal and resistance leader (executed) (b. 1881) Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1904) August 9 – Felix Nussbaum, German painter (b. 1904) August 10 Alfred Kranzfelder, German resistance fighter (b. 1908) Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, German resistance fighter (b. 1902) Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Nazi opponent and lawyer (b. 1905) Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1917) August 11 Francesco Federico Falco, Italian doctor (b. 1866) Hideyoshi Obata, Japanese general (b. 1890) August 12 Jose Garvida Flores, Filipino writer, poet and playwright (b. 1900) Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American fighter pilot, oldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy (b. 1915) Suzanne Spaak, Belgian World War II heroine (b. 1905) August 15 Egbert Hayessen, German resistance fighter (b. 1913) Hans Bernd von Haeften, German resistance fighter (b. 1905) Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, German police chief and resistance fighter (b. 1896) August 17 Franciszek Brodniewicz, Polish actor (b. 1892) Eugénio de Castro, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1869) August 18 Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, Polish pilot (b. 1917) Ernst Thälmann, German Communist leader (executed) (b. 1886) August 19 Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (suicide) (b. 1882) Sir Henry Wood, British conductor (b. 1869) August 21 Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, German resistance fighter (b. 1895) Maciej Kalenkiewicz, Polish engineer and military officer (b. 1906) Marian Lalewicz, Polish architect (b. 1876) August 23 Aleksander Augustynowicz, Polish painter (b. 1865) Abdülmecid II, last Caliph of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1868) Nikolai Roslavets, Soviet composer (b. 1880) August 24 – Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia, Italian aviator (b. 1915) August 25 – Teresio Vittorio Martinoli, Italian pilot (b. 1917) August 26 Hans Georg Klamroth, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1898) Otto Kiep, German resistance fighter (b. 1886) Hans Leesment, Estonian general (b. 1873) Ludwig Freiherr von Leonrod, German resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1906) Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat and resistance fighter (executed) (b. 1909) August 27 Carlo Fecia di Cossato, Italian navy officer (b. 1908) Princess Mafalda of Savoy (b. 1902) August 28 Teresa Bracco, Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and blessed (killed in battle) (b. 1924) Rudolf Breitscheid, German politician (b. 1874) Bronislaw Kaminski, Polish army officer (b. 1899) August 30 Moissaye Boguslawski, American pianist and composer (b. 1887) Eberhard Finckh, German resistance fighter (b. 1899) Hans Otfried von Linstow, German resistance fighter (b. 1899) Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, German general and resistance leader (b. 1886) September September