Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:48:34 +0200Jan Antonín Baťa always said he put his people first, says granddaughter Dolores Bata Arambasichttps://english.radio.cz/jan-antonin-bata-always-said-he-put-his-people-first-says-granddaughter-dolores-8201430© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Baťa family – who built a shoemaking empire in Zlín, Moravia – were perhaps the most important industrialists in interwar Czechoslovakia. One of the best-known members of the family was Jan Antonín Baťa, who headed the firm after the death of Baťa founder Tomáš Baťa, his half-brother. After fleeing the Nazis in 1939, the tycoon eventually settled in Brazil, where he established four new cities. His granddaughter Dolores Bata Arambasic, was born in one of those cities, Batatuba. Today in her late 60s, she is a frequent visitor to the Czech Republic. When we spoke in Prague, I asked what were her strongest recollections of Jan Antonín Baťa.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/bata_dolores_arambasic.jpg?timestamp=1590543350 Jan Antonín Baťa always said he put his people first, says granddaughter Dolores Bata Arambasic https://english.radio.cz/jan-antonin-bata-always-said-he-put-his-people-first-says-granddaughter-dolores-8201430 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9