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Born: 1891 in Minsk, Belorussia
Born: 1929 in Minsk, Belorussia
Born: November 7, 1924 in Minsk, Belorussia
Born: 1923 in Minsk, Belorussia
Born: 1901 in Belorussia
Born: August 12, 1917 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born: June 4, 1915 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: February 21, 1891 in Hamburg, Germany
Born: February 18, 1881 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: September 15, 1921 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: June 16, 1917 in Goettingen, Germany
Born: 1912 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: 1893 in Zvolen, Poland
Born: 1916 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: January 8, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland
Born: 1891 in Zvolen, Poland
Born: 1939 in Radom, Poland
Born: 1917 in Radom, Poland
Born: 1916 in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Born: August 1, 1930 in Lodz, Poland
Born: 1910 in Lowicz, Poland
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