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Born: July 17, 1919 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Born: May 15, 1922 in Groningen, Netherlands
Born: August 12, 1917 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: 1913 in Bologna, Italy
Born: 1901 in Belorussia
Born: 1922 in Kampen, Netherlands
Born: May 1, 1933 in Cologne, Germany
Born: May 25, 1911 in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia
Born: 1882 in Oswiecim, Poland
Born: April 14, 1884 in Kolomea, Poland
Born: July 6, 1916 in Lodz, Poland
Born: March 13, 1888 in Schlawe, Germany
Born: July 24, 1902 in Hochneukirch, Germany
Born: 1892 in Podum, Yugoslavia
Born: February 23, 1927 in Valea-lui-Mihai, Romania
Born: December 22, 1877 in Bergheim, Germany
Born: 1895 in Poland
Born: July 18, 1936 in Liege, Belgium
Born: October 5, 1912 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Born: June 13, 1903 in Hodonin, Czechoslovakia
Born: September 20, 1931 in Bologna, Italy
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