Bata exported shoes to the territory of present-day Lithuania in 1928. In 1931 it opened its own shop, but operated for less than two years. During the Second World War a small wooden-shoes factory was in the country but was rather short-lived.
- The export of Bata´s shoes to Lithuania gradually increased: 15,000 pairs (in 1928), 37,000 pairs (in 1932)
- In 1931 Bata opened a store in Kaunas, and employed 7 workers in it
- By the end of 1932, the shop was apparently closed
- In the spring of 1940, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania authorised Bata to establish a joint-stock company with the capital of 100,000 litas with the right to produce and sell leather goods; there are no further reports about the intended company´s actions
- On 10th July 1943, a company Bata G. m. B. H. with the seat in Kaunas was established
- On 12th May 1943, a firm Ostschuh G. m. b. H. with the seat in Berlin was founded to manage a factory in Vilnius; wooden shoes were produced in this small factory in which the production began on 22nd June 1943. The factory ceased its operations because of war
Sources:
- Bohumil Lehár, Dějiny Baťova koncernu, Praha 1960
- Jaroslav Pospíšil – Hubert Valášek – Hana Pospíšilová, Herr direktor a ti druzí, Zlín 2015, ISBN 978-80-7473-269-0
- Moravský zemský archiv v Brně – Státní okresní archiv Zlín, Česko