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Born: 1909 in Szeged, Hungary
Born: May 28, 1920 in Vienna, Austria
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Born: May 27, 1929 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Born: February 1, 1932 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: March 15, 1888 in Pucari, Yugoslavia
Born: February 18, 1881 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: 1912 in Transylvania, Romania
Born: June 16, 1895 in Kozienice, Poland
Born: June 15, 1937 in Broncourt, France
Born: January 26, 1925 in Khust, Czechoslovakia
Born: September 6, 1876 in Unicov, Czechoslovakia
Born: March 6, 1911 in Rozwadow, Poland
Born: September 21, 1921 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: June 14, 1914 in Lodz, Poland
Born: March 15, 1915 in Matsiov, Ukraine
Born: March 2, 1922 in Chisinau, Romania
Born: 1925 in Krasnik, Poland
Born: January 17, 1920 in Ulanow, Poland
Born: September 22, 1866 in Koenigsberg, Germany
Born: August 7, 1912 in Cernauti, Romania
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