What can that be, independence in thought? The work of Ernst Tugendhat, born on March 8, 1930 in Brno, can help to answer the question. Barely nine months after his birth, the family moved into a villa built by Mies van der Rohe, which quickly became a celebrity in modern architectural history. Then, in 1938, the happiness of the family was suddenly destroyed. The emigration via Switzerland to Venezuela was accompanied by information about the many murdered, including close relatives and friends.