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Born: 1867 in Aizpute, Latvia
Born: March 29, 1931 in Hellenthal, Germany
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Born: May 12, 1886 in Husi, Romania
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Born: December 31, 1896 in Dortmund, Germany
Born: May 25, 1923 in Tarnow, Poland
Born: September 5, 1875 in Mikulov, Czechoslovakia
Born: September 16, 1886 in Vrbovsko, Yugoslavia
Born: June 18, 1914 in Lodz, Poland
Born: 1929 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary
Born: January 29, 1900 in Barentin, France
Born: December 6, 1933 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Born: 1925 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: February 15, 1915 in Reichenbach im Odenwald, Germany
Born: 1925 in Ulanow, Poland
Born: July 1, 1914 in Vienna, Austria
Born: March 1, 1922 in Bochum, Germany
Born: November 14, 1934 in Vienna, Austria
Born: 1920 in Kupno, Poland
Born: July 5, 1925 in Kovno, Lithuania
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