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Born: 1898 in Gnjilane, Yugoslavia
Born: May 6, 1920 in Zabrze, Poland
Born: April 9, 1878 in Fusstenheim, Germany
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Born: June 14, 1914 in Lodz, Poland
Born: 1883 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: May 11, 1920 in Sandomierz, Poland
Born: June 19, 1927 in Koprzewnica, Poland
Born: 1881 in Kozienice, Poland
Born: 1926 in Preveza, Greece
Born: February 26, 1920 in Berlin, Germany
Born: September 10, 1930 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born: April 1, 1923 in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
Born: June 26, 1923 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: May 12, 1926 in Radom, Poland
Born: August 30, 1890 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Born: April 1, 1928 in Starachowice, Poland
Born: 1865 in Buj, Hungary
Born: July 14, 1918 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: January 7, 1925 in Essen, Germany
Born: 1898 in Gabin, Poland
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