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Born: 1929 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary
Born: January 21, 1921 in Miechow, Poland
Born: March 7, 1930 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: May 3, 1913 in Lvov, Poland
Born: September 2, 1928 in Brussels, Belgium
Born: February 17, 1928 in Hellenthal, Germany
Born: June 29, 1898 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Born: May 29, 1909 in Techelsberg, Austria
Born: November 3, 1888 in Ujpest, Hungary
Born: December 25, 1940 in Wierzbnik-Starachowice, Poland
Born: 1888 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: September 18, 1926 in Sosnowiec, Poland
Born: April 15, 1904 in Vienna, Austria
Born: 1921 in Liepaja, Latvia
Born: June 29, 1924 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: 1923 in Berlin, Germany
Born: November 14, 1934 in Vienna, Austria
Born: January 8, 1920 in Lublin, Poland
Born: December 5, 1931 in Essen, Germany
Born: May 4, 1920 in Beliu, Romania
Born: 1896 in Kaluszyn, Poland
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