In my book MY DEAR BOY, I describe how my father Oswald „Valdik“ gets papers from Bata Shoe Company medical department from people he knew.
Yes, I know of Jan Bata because I exist because of Bata‘s help to my father. Dad, when attending Charles U. med school worked a summer in the Bata medical department and made friends there. In April 1939, when he needed various paperwork required by Nazis, he received a letter from Bata saying he was going to work for them in Singapore. He later left on the ship SS Chenonceaux with a group of actual Bata employees. Dad was lucky he didn't stay in Singapore and went on to China because a great calamity happened with a Japanese bombing later at the hospital there.
Radio interview: https://www.marcberniershow.com/Joanie-Holzer-Schirm-10-2912.html
The Salon magazine link to the story of my Czech father and his friend Karel Ballenberger (later Bala) will be of interest.
If you wish, watch MY DEAR BOY book trailer by Czech filmmaker Lukas Pribyl on my website. Q&A about my writing journey and the publisher’s promo sheet about the book is available upon request from me at Tato e-mailová adresa je chráněna před spamboty. Pro její zobrazení musíte mít povolen Javascript..
Joanie Holzer Schirm
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