Theology and Literature
| Name | Lifespan | Nationality | Achievements | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hana Brady | 1931–1944 | Czech | girl portrayed in Hana's Suitcase: A True Story | gas chamber at Auschwitz |
| René Blum | 1878–1942 | French | founder of the Ballet de l'Opéra à Monte Carlo | |
| Ernst Arndt | 1861-1942/3 | German | writer and poet | gas chamber at Treblinka |
| Maria Bard | 1900–1944 | German | actress | suicide in Berlin for "political reasons" |
| Lea Deutsch | 1927–1943 | Croat | child actress | heart failure en route to Auschwitz |
| Lisl Frank | 1911–1944 | Czech | performer, dancer, cabaret singer | forced death march from Auschwitz to Christianstadt |
| Kurt Gerron | 1897–1944 | German | performer, actor, film director | gas chamber at Auschwitz |
| Dora Gerson | 1899–1943 | German | actress, cabaret singer | gas chamber at Auschwitz |
| Joachim Gottschalk | 1904–1941 | German | actor | suicide in Berlin to avoid arrest |
| Leslie Howard (actor) | 1893–1943 | British | actor | airplane shot down by Luftwaffe |
| Bernard Natan | 1886–1942 | Franco-Romanian | film director, actor and former head of Pathé Film Studios | |
| Joseph Schmidt | 1904–1942 | Ukrainian | singer, actor | heart attack in a Swiss refugee camp in Gyrenbad |
| Miklós Vig | 1898–1944 | Hungarian | singer, actor, comedian, theater secretary | shot into the Danube River in Budapest by members of the Arrow Cross |
| Karel Hašler | 1879–1941 | Czech | songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier | at Mauthausen, put into a cold shower until death |
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