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...neither Jan nor Thomas about them. Not until 1942 did Muska privately reveal the existence of the shares. By that time, Jan had been blacklisted by the U.S. and Britain for playing footie with the Nazis and had fled to Brazil, where he started a big new factory at "Batatuba." Young Thomas pitched in with the Allies, and succeeded in retaining operating control of most of the empire that was outside Nazi hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: The Mystery of Muska | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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