Baťovany was made a town on 18 November 1948, months after the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia. On 9 February 1949 it was renamed Partizánske, for the partisans, and the village of Šimonovany was absorbed into it. Four days later, on 13 February 1949, the nationalised shoe works was renamed Závody 29. augusta — the 29 August Works, after the day the Uprising began. A town built by a private company had been renamed twice over for a war, and its founder’s name was gone from the town and from the factory alike.Baťovany sa 18. novembra 1948 stali mestom, pár mesiacov po komunistickom prevrate v Československu. 9. februára 1949 mesto premenovali na Partizánske — po partizánoch — a Šimonovany doň pripojili. O štyri dni neskôr, 13. februára 1949, dostal znárodnený obuvnícky závod meno Závody 29. augusta, podľa dňa, keď povstanie vypuklo. Mesto postavené súkromnou firmou tak dvakrát dostalo meno po vojne a meno jeho zakladateľa zmizlo z mesta aj z fabriky.
