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Born: 1874 in Reichenbach im Odenwald, Germany
Born: November 18, 1925 in Warsaw, Poland
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Born: 1927 in Kaluszyn, Poland
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Born: 1867 in Wodzislaw, Poland
Born: 1929 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary
Born: 1876 in Vilna, Poland
Born: January 7, 1930 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: August 23, 1913 in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia
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Born: December 31, 1896 in Dortmund, Germany
Born: August 23, 1911 in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland
Born: August 4, 1921 in Breslau, Germany
Born: September 19, 1910 in Szentes, Hungary
Born: 1938 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: June 13, 1905 in Berlin, Germany
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