Disputes over Ownership of the Baťa Empire
Disputes over Ownership of the Baťa Empire

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the disputes that occurred after the Second World War in the context of the ownership of the former property of Tomáš Baťa, which was the basis of the Baťa global concern. This concern was established in the 1930s with the participation of shell companies around the world which was the reason why legal disputes had been later nearly worldwide. In 1931, Tomáš Baťa decided to present his ownership to his half-brother Jan Antonín Baťa. That issue had not been a problem until the end of the Second World War when Tomáš Baťa’s son and wife started disputes and litigations about the ownership. Nationalization of part of the concern’s companies in Europe and the criminal repression of the concern’s representatives in the context of post-war retribution played out against the backdrop of a family feud.

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