The Papal Chamberlain JUDr. J. J. Rückl as a Mediator of Czechoslovak-French Economic Relations in the Inter-War Period. A case study of the electro-technical company of Josef Sousedík (in town of Vsetín) and the Baťa shoe-making company (in town of Zlín)
2023
Abstract
The paper focuses on Czechoslovak economic relations with France in the inter-war period. JUDr. J. J. Rückl, a graduate of the University of Prague (Philosophy and Law) and the Political College in Paris, holder of the Order of the
Honorary Legion and co-owner of a family business (glassworks, etc.), was one of the distinguished personalities who had access to the upper circles of politics, business and society of France (E. Rimailho, E. Moreau) and Czechoslovakia
(T. G. Masaryk, E. Beneš).