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Born: 1912 in Transylvania, Romania
Born: 1876 in Lithuania
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Born: 1927 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: 1925 in Warsaw, Poland
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Born: July 17, 1914 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Born: 1895 in Poland
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Born: 1891 in Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Born: February 16, 1904 in Berlin, Germany
Born: April 15, 1918 in Warsaw, Poland
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