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Born: April 7, 1904 in Budapest, Hungary
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Born: December 2, 1928 in Tarnow, Poland
Born: 1911 in Starachowice, Poland
Born: August 18, 1918 in Vienna, Austria
Born: February 16, 1904 in Berlin, Germany
Born: November 19, 1885 in Frankenthal, Germany
Born: 1923 in Ulanow, Poland
Born: March 3, 1933 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Born: January 15, 1905 in Niewodowo, Poland
Born: October 21, 1922 in Munich, Germany
Born: 1896 in Ternopol, Poland
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Born: June 27, 1923 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Born: September 18, 1926 in Sosnowiec, Poland
Born: March 29, 1931 in Hellenthal, Germany
Born: April 4, 1926 in Sosnowiec, Poland
Born: February 18, 1881 in Goettingen, Germany
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