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Born: 1917 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
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Born: January 23, 1924 in Bochum, Germany
Born: 1895 in Delyatin, Poland
Born: 1905 in Mostar, Yugoslavia
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Born: January 8, 1920 in Lublin, Poland
Born: July 10, 1928 in Warsaw, Poland
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Born: 1896 in Komarovo, Poland
Born: November 20, 1913 in Vilna, Poland
Born: March 4, 1917 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: September 2, 1928 in Brussels, Belgium
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