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TIL A women by the name of Barbara Puc, one of 3,000 babies born at Auschwitz, survived and is still alive today at the age of 72.

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5YEg8 TIL of Violette Morris, a world-class athlete in many sports. A lesbian, she had a mastectomy 'in order to fit into a racing car more easily'. She lost her license (and her chance at the 1928 Olympics) because of her 'loose morals'. She was killed in 1944 by the French Resistance.
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