Mies worked on the plans for the IIT university grounds starting in 1939. Meets Lora Marx his partner during his overseas era in 1940.
 
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1939 Building Confiscated by the Gestapo
Villa Tugendhat confiscated by the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei, GESTAPO) on 4th of October 1939. read more
1939 World War II
Czechoslovakia occupied by Nazi Germany on 15th of March 1939 and declared the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, occupied lands, on 16th of March 1939. The term Second Czechoslovak Republic was used... read more