scrollDuring the war against Germany and Japan, 235 Bata employees fought in the Allied armies; Mary Bata was present in Zlin and together with her the company’s management contributed to activities against the German occupiers – among other things by supporting fighters in the Slovak National Uprising and by supporting guerrillas in Eastern Moravia; Thomas Bata junior cooperated with the Czechoslovak resistance of the government of exile E. Benes in London