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Karolina Kruger
Karolina Kruger
Birth: 17 February 1885
Zurlauben, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death: 3 July 1996
Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age: 111 years, 137 days
Country: GermanyGER
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Karolina Kruger [German: Krüger; alternative spelling Krueger] (17 February 1885 – 3 July 1996) was a verified German supercentenarian who, at the time of her death at the age of 111 years, 137 days, was the oldest living person in Germany.

Biography[]

Karolina Kruger was born in Zurlauben, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 17 February 1885. She became the oldest living person in Germany after the passing of 109-year old Ottilie Aleith on 26 January 1995.

Kruger died in Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 3 July 1996 at the age of 111 years, 137 days. She was succeeded as German oldest person by Pauline Spyra.

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Germany's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Margarethe Sauer • Katharina Braun • Leni Matthaei • Mathilde Schulz • Petronella Wansleban • Agnes Gerrath • Anna Fleinert • Bertha Brandes • Wilhelmine Heister • Gertrude Schmalohr • Maria Corba • Elfried Libbert • Paula Baumgartner • Gertrud Pannwitz • Ottilie Aleith • Karolina Kruger • Franziska Umrath • Pauline Spyra • Wilhelm Lehnen • Marie Stegmann • Wilhelm Schorner • Maria Laqua • Rosalia Hasenkampf • Magdalene Regener • Anna Stephan • Lina Zimmer • Hermann Dornemann • Frieda Muller • Irmgard von Stephani • Elsa Tauser • Frieda Borchert • Emma Joisten • Alwine Werner • Zhenya Broytman • Frieda Schmidt • Berta Zeisler • Charlotte Bauch • Karolina Grober • Elisabeth Schneider • Gertrud Henze • Frieda Szwillus • Johanna Klink • Charlotte Klamroth • Margarete Dannheimer • Else Ronsch • Herta Oeser • Gustav GernethMathilde MangeKatharina HagemeyerAdele RodensteinJosefine OllmannAnna CernohorskyCharlotte KretschmannMartha Henze

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