Fritz da Greta Tugendhat sun ji daɗin shekaru takwas a cikin villa kafin su gudu daga Czechoslovakia tare da 'ya'yansu a 1938 (ciki har da masanin falsafa Ernst Tugendhat), jim kaɗan kafin a raba ƙasar bayan Yarjejeniyar Munich. Sun koma Switzerland sannan kuma zuwa Venezuela; bayan yakin sun koma Switzerland, amma ba su sake zama a cikin villa ba. Gestapo ta kwace shi a 1939 kuma an yi amfani da shi a matsayin gida da ofis; an gyara shi kuma ya ɓace da yawa. Ya sha wahala sosai a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II, kuma daga baya, lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin gidaje da kuma gidaje don tsakiya. An gyara shi da kuma amfani da shi don dalilai daban-daban na soja a 1938 (ciki har da masanin falsafa Ernst Tugendhat), jim kaɗan kafin a raba ƙasar bayan Yarjejeniyar Munich.
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