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TOPIC: Pictured- Elderly couple who left $850,000 life savings to 'America' in their will after escaping the Nazis in World War Two and immigrating to U.S. f

Pictured- Elderly couple who left $850,000 life savings to 'America' in their will after escaping the Nazis in World War Two and immigrating to U.S. f 9 years 11 months ago #120614

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Earlier this week, the Petraseks' neighbor and friend of 30 years, Ron Wright,when is liverpool new kit coming out, told that all Mr Petrasek had told him in relation to his wealth: 'It'll all be taken care of'.
Mr Wright said Mr Petrasek had grown up during the Nazi occupation of his native Czech Republic.
He had apparently lost both his mother and father to the Holocaust, while his sister had died in the Allied bombing of Dresden,bayern shirt collection, Germany,all real madrid jerseys history, where she had worked in a factory during the war. 

Willed away: Mr Petrasek died on May 5, 2015, aged 85 from a heart condition. His wife,Men's Nike San Francisco 49ers 25 Tarell Brown Elite Red Team Color Super Bowl XLVII NFL Jersey, Joan, had died 13 years earlier aged 79 after a battle with breast cancer. Above,Limited Myles White Womens Jersey - Green Bay Packers 19 Home Green Nike NFL, they left their West Seattle home to 'America'
Mr Petrasek himself recalled being put in a youth camp associated with the Nazi Air Force, the Luftwaffe,real madrid training kits by linda 1, Mr Wright said, adding that his longtime friend's plane had been shot down in the conflict.
Mr Petrasek had then hiked into Switzerland before making it to the U.S. as a refugee,england shirt world cup 2014 buy, he added. 
It is unclear what year Mr Petrasek met his future wife, but the couple married at St. Joseph’s Rectory in Ottawa, Canada,liverpool football kit away, according to their personal documents. Peter was aged 25 and Joan was 32.
The neighbors would occasionally go flying together in Mr Wright's small plane. After their wedding, the couple settled in Seattle,jersey as roma 2013 kw thailand, where Mr Petrasek worked at Bethlehem Steel as a metallurgist.
Joan worked as an upholsterer. 

Nazi-occupied: Mr Petrasek escaped Nazi-occupied Czech Republic during World War Two. Above, German troops are pictured marching out of the old castle fortress of Hadschin in Prague, Czechoslovakia,seattle seahawks jerseys numbers, in 1939
The couple saved their money and lived a simple lifestyle - only ever taking one out-of-state vacation to Hawaii, Mr Wright told the newspaper.
Peter Winn, the assistant U.S. attorney in Seattle,bayern munich new season jersey, who worked on the couple's estate,chelsea houska sweatshirt, said of Mr Petrasek: 'As a refugee from World War II, he was very grateful to his adopted country. He grew up with a lot of people in Eastern Europe who would have been happy to change places with him.
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