deaths
May 8, 1945
Julius Hirsch, German footballer (born 1892)

Julius Hirsch
Julius Hirsch was a Jewish German Olympian international footballer who was executed at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. He helped the Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship, and also played for the Germany national team, including at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He then joined SpVgg Fürth, with whom he won the 1914 German football championship.
May 8
May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 237 days remain until the end of the year.