Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) designed Villa Tugendhat in 1928–30 on commission for Greta and Fritz Tugendhat. The Jewish couple and their young children had to flee Brno in 1938.

Built in the wealthy neighbourhood of Černá Pole at the dénouement of Brno’s prosperous 1920s, Tugendhat was the ideal, no-expense-spared modern house, commissioned by Jewish factory-owner Fritz ...