Holocaust Memorial in Brno. Founded in 2014 as a memorial to Jewish and Romani citizens of Brno, who were persecuted by the Nazi regime.

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Villa Tugendhat has borne witness to the birth of modern housing and also to the tragic fate of the people who lived there. This work by the famous German architect Mies van der Rohe is to this very day regarded as one of the four most important villas in the world. Thanks to its values, this gem of modern architecture has also been included in the UNESCO world heritage list.

Jewish couple Fritz and Greta Tugendhat lived in the villa for just eight years before fleeing Czechoslovakia with their children in 1938 to escape the Nazi rule.
The villa was confiscated by the Gestapo in 1939 and used as an apartment and office; its interior was modified and many pieces disappeared.

In 1942 the house was rented out as offices of the Messerschmidt aeroplane works. Willy Messerschmidt had his own apartment in the villa.

In April 1945, Brno was liberated by the Red Army and a Russian cavalry unit stabled its horses in the villa, doing considerable damage to the building's white linoleum floor. What furniture remained in the villa was used for firewood.

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Nasze auto i Benio przy jedynej, ale czasowo nieczynnej synagodze w Brnie.

Zbudowana w latach 30tych, projektu Otto Eislera.

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