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Gisela Lamm de Altschul
Gisela Lamm de Altschul
Lamm de Altschul on her 110th birthday in 1988
Birth: 16 April 1878
Boskovice, South Moravia, Czech Republic
Death: 13 June 1989
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age: 111 years, 58 days
Country: Czech RepublicCZEArgentinaARG
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Gisela Lamm de Altschul (16 April 1878 – 13 June 1989) was a Czech-born Argentine supercentenarian and one of the earliest supercentenarians who died in Latin America. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

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Gisela Lamm de Altschul was born in Boskovice, South Moravia, Czech Republic on 16 April 1878. Her parents were Jakob Lamm and Rosalie (née Schlesinger) Lamm.

She married Karl/Carlos Altschul on 10 February 1907 and had traveled to Europe several times in the first half of the 20th century. The couple had at least two children: Walter and Ines [Spanish: Inés]. She moved to Argentina for the first time in 1910.

Lamm de Altschul died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 June 1989 at the age of 111 years, 58 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest validated person ever recorded in Argentina.

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