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Born: May 8, 1920 in Decin, Czechoslovakia
Born: 1911 in Kaluszyn, Poland
Born: 1882 in Dubas, Poland
Born: May 6, 1920 in Zabrze, Poland
Born: March 4, 1917 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: March 7, 1930 in Kolbuszowa, Poland
Born: 1894 in Vachnovka, Ukraine
Born: November 10, 1896 in Tulchin, Ukraine
Born: September 10, 1930 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born: May 25, 1875 in Tulchin, Ukraine
Born: January 11, 1930 in Vienna, Austria
Born: 1921 in Munich, Germany
Born: February 19, 1912 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Born: January 19, 1923 in Magovka, Soviet Union
Born: December 16, 1929 in Horochow, Poland
Born: April 16, 1904 in Strehlen, Germany
Born: October 12, 1910 in Tsikov, Czechoslovakia
Born: February 18, 1911 in Vsetin, Czechoslovakia
Born: April 1, 1937 in Vienna, Austria
Born: May 8, 1925 in Szydlowiec, Poland
Born: November 1, 1901 in Byelts, Poland
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