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Born: February 21, 1914 in Wrzenia, Poland
Born: March 9, 1904 in Greiz, Germany
Born: November 20, 1913 in Vilna, Poland
Born: May 28, 1920 in Vienna, Austria
Born: August 19, 1916 in Michalovce, Slovakia
Born: August 21, 1923 in Teplice-Sanov, Czechoslovakia
Born: August 4, 1921 in Breslau, Germany
Born: October 23, 1925 in Abaujszanto, Hungary
Born: February 5, 1925 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Born: July 12, 1898 in Hellenthal, Germany
Born: July 24, 1902 in Hochneukirch, Germany
Born: March 29, 1931 in Hellenthal, Germany
Born: February 17, 1928 in Hellenthal, Germany
Born: February 13, 1931 in Oradea, Romania
Born: May 27, 1929 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Born: 1907 in Koprzewnica, Poland
Born: 1906 in Koprzewnica, Poland
Born: June 19, 1927 in Koprzewnica, Poland
Born: November 28, 1924 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Born: February 25, 1927 in Radom, Poland
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