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Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.
Eva Figes
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Eva Figes
Age: 80 †
Born: 1932
Born: April 15
Died: 2012
Died: August 28
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Berlin
Germany
Eva Unger
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