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Franz Nowak

AKA: Zigeuner [Gypsy]
Known for: German historical political figure
Born: 30 August 1893
Died: Specific date unknown

German bricklayer and one of the leading anarcho-syndicalists in Upper Silesia, who was also chairman of the Freien Vereinigung der Maurer Deutschlands (Free Association of Masons of Germany) and the Freie Vereinigung deutscher Gewerkschaften (FVdG - Free Association of German Trade Unions) in Breslau. He was murdered in Gross-Rosen concentration camp shortly before the end of the war.

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