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Born: 1926 in Starachowice, Poland
Born: November 1, 1907 in Volkovysk, Poland
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Born: 1886 in Vachnovka, Ukraine
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Born: December 6, 1938 in Trencin, Czechoslovakia
Born: 1925 in Krasnik, Poland
Born: January 29, 1900 in Barentin, France
Born: 1900 in Lodz, Poland
Born: 1904 in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary
Born: April 28, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Born: October 16, 1889 in Hirschberg, Germany
Born: 1882 in Oswiecim, Poland
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Born: January 26, 1925 in Khust, Czechoslovakia
Born: July 2, 1928 in Jaworzno, Poland
Born: May 7, 1926 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Born: April 24, 1896 in Bonn, Germany
Born: 1911 in Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Born: August 12, 1917 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: May 19, 1902 in Lodz, Poland
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