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By Dan Bilefsky / The Bulletin
August 2, 2009
PRAGUE " More than 70 years have passed since members of the Thorsch family fled German-occupied Czech lands in 1939. They left behind a lucrative oil refinery business that was seized by the Nazis, nationalized after World War II and taken over by the Communist Czech government.
Marie....
