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Born: May 1, 1930 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: January 15, 1905 in Niewodowo, Poland
Born: May 30, 1922 in Geilenkirchen, Germany
Born: November 5, 1925 in Ostrog, Poland
Born: May 5, 1922 in Slonim, Poland
Born: 1925 in Vienna, Austria
Born: 1887 in Vienna, Austria
Born: 1868 in Budacu de Sus, Romania
Born: 1865 in Viseu de Sus, Romania
Born: April 7, 1904 in Budapest, Hungary
Born: June 24, 1897 in Bistrita, Romania
Born: July 10, 1919 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Born: June 23, 1915 in Vienna, Austria
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Born: 1878 in Rosenberg, Czechoslovakia
Born: March 15, 1928 in Pabianice, Poland
Born: 1921 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Born: January 15, 1922 in Tonsberg, Norway
Born: March 9, 1925 in Teplice-Sanov, Czechoslovakia
Born: May 30, 1937 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Born: June 1, 1919 in Sosnowiec, Poland
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