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Jan Krugier

Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (b. 1928)
Janick "Jan" Krugier (12 May 1928 in Radom, Poland – 16 November 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland) was a Polish born Swiss dealer in modern art most known for his relationship to the works of Pablo Picasso and a survivor of the Holocaust.

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    South Ossetia

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    Dow Jones Industrial Average

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  • 29Oct

    Northwest Airlines

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  • 10Nov

    Phoenix (spacecraft)

    Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.