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The Baťa Gold: How Britain and Canada Seized Jan Antonín Baťa’s Wartime Reserves—and Redirected His Empire

Baťa was a "fighter", determined to preserve his business and his people regardless of British misunderstanding or hostility. He was the opponent of the Munich capitulation. His opinion was that the country should have fought.

Addition to the first article: The Hidden Power Behind Crisis: Jan A. Baťa’s Film Studios and the Cinematic Resistance of 1939

This was not improvised; by 1938–39, the Baťa organization had established a structured rescue network that ultimately enabled thousands of people to escape during one of the most dangerous periods in modern history.