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Born: December 22, 1877 in Bergheim, Germany
Born: July 30, 1874 in Hochneukirch, Germany
Born: 1925 in Ulanow, Poland
Born: 1923 in Ulanow, Poland
Born: 1900 in Szentes, Hungary
Born: 1891 in Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Born: 1911 in Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Born: May 17, 1917 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: April 24, 1917 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Born: 1926 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Born: 1923 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Born: 1913 in Bologna, Italy
Born: May 3, 1922 in Wegrow, Poland
Born: July 14, 1918 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: July 2, 1916 in Syracuse, United States
Born: 1920 in Bitola, Yugoslavia
Born: November 2, 1927 in Gabin, Poland
Born: 1898 in Gabin, Poland
Born: December 3, 1929 in Gabin, Poland
Born: 1898 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: October 14, 1893 in Kippenheim bei Lahr, Germany
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