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Born: 1881 in Kozienice, Poland
Born: July 12, 1893 in Mierzen, Poland
Born: August 22, 1894 in Naarden, Netherlands
Born: 1938 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: July 10, 1919 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Born: April 11, 1915 in Graz, Austria
Born: January 21, 1921 in Miechow, Poland
Born: 1905 in Lithuania
Born: December 25, 1920 in Jaslo, Poland
Born: 1894 in Buj, Hungary
Born: October 28, 1888 in Romorantin, France
Born: 1911 in Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Born: August 16, 1930 in Berchem, Belgium
Born: April 3, 1901 in Dukla, Poland
Born: February 2, 1912 in Ujpest, Hungary
Born: June 26, 1923 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: September 20, 1931 in Bologna, Italy
Born: February 18, 1881 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: April 26, 1866 in Koenigsberg, Germany
Born: 1878 in Rosenberg, Czechoslovakia
Born: July 18, 1936 in Liege, Belgium
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