Bata controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1947
Jan Antonín Baťa convicted in absentia
After the Second World War, Czechoslovak authorities tried Jan Antonín Baťa as a traitor and sentenced him in absentia. The company’s Czechoslovak assets had already been seized before the communist takeover.
1942
Forced labor connected with a Bata-related factory
A Bata shoe factory in occupied Europe was placed under German administration and renamed Schlesische Schuh-Werke Ottmuth. The source describes forced labor involving Jewish prisoners and workers from ghettos in support of the factory’s operations.