Timeline January 1945

Events in January 1945 5

• 1945 The institute moves to the Black Forest Hechingen and Haigerloch, away from the bombing The experimental reactor was rebuilt in a cave under a church at Haigerloch.
• 1945 – 2025 Raila Odinga (1945-2025) Died 15 October 2025, aged 80 Kenyan businessman and politician who served as prime minister from 2008 to 2013 and was a central figure in Kenyan politics for decades.
• 1945 – present John Tavener British spiritual minimalist British composer known for his deeply spiritual works including Song for Athene, performed at Princess Diana's funeral.
• 1945 Auschwitz liberated Soviets discover the death camp Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex on January 27, 1945, finding 7,000 surviving prisoners. Over 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, had been murdered there.
• 1945 Liberation of Auschwitz Soviet troops free the largest Nazi death camp The Red Army entered Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January 1945, finding roughly 7,000 surviving prisoners. The camp had been the site of the murder of over a million people, mostly Jews, during the Holocaust. The date is now marked internationally as Holocaust Remembrance Day.