1903 – Johann and Friederike Wittal's daughter Valerie was born

1904 – the Brüder Wittal company moved its headquarters and shop to Kapucínské náměstí 2 and at the same time expanded its offer to include the production of blouses and skirts.

1905 – Johann and Friederike Wittal's daughter Stefanie was born

1909 – Johann and Friederike Wittal and their daughters moved from Starobrněnská to Františkánská Street 1, where they lived until 1932

1924 – Valerie Wittal married Brno businessman Otto Aschkenes

1926 – Valeria and Otto Aschkenes have a son, Robert.

1929 – Ferdinand Hájek became a partner in the Brüder Wittal company and invested a stake of 400 thousand crowns in the company.

1929 – Brüder Wittal moved its headquarters and store to Josefská 21 and at the same time expanded its offer to include children's clothing.

1930 – Valerie and Otto Aschkenes divorced

1932 – based on the purchase contract dated 15 February, Johann and Friederike Wittal , together with their daughter Valerie, became the owners of a building plot on Hroznová Street.

1932 – in February, architect Heinrich Blum completed the design for the construction of Villa Wittal

1932 – The builders applied for a building permit on 1 March.

1932 – The provincial capital of Brno issued a building permit on 11 May

1932 – construction of the villa took place between April and October

1932 – from 1 November 1 the villa had its permit of use

Friederike Wittal moved into the villa between November and December, together with their daughter Valerie

1934 – Valerie Wittal remarried to the Viennese painter Otto Rudolf Schatz

1938 – Valerie Schatz sold half of the property to her father Johann

1939 – after the Nazi occupation, Johann and Friederike had to had to leave their villa. They found asylum in their sister-in-law's house at Antonína Slavíka 9.

1939 – the Reich Protector appointed merchant Franz Hoffmann as administrator of the Brüder Wittal company

1941 – Villa Wittal was occupied by Nazi police inspector Otto Schrader, customs inspector Felix Rühl and Gestapo informant Jindřich Motyčka.

1942 – Johann, Friederike and Ida Wittal were placed on transport U heading to Terezín on 28 January.

1942 – Johan Wittal died on 13 April in Terezín

1942 – Friederike Wittal was deported from Terezín to the Treblinka concentration camp on 19 October.

1942 – Brüder Wittal company was purchased by German businessman Friedrich Bartholomä

1945 – Valerie Schatz was placed on transport AE3 heading from Prague to Terezín on 11 February.

1945 – from February Criminal Councillor of the Brno Gestapo, Otto Koslowski began to live in the Wittal villa

1945 – in May, Valerie Schatz was liberated in Terezín

1945 – in July, Vladimír Matula, chairman of the national committee in Brno, moved into the villa

1945 – Deputy Chairman of the National Committee František Píšek moved into the villa

1946 – Jan Hess was appointed as national administrator to the Wittal Brothers company by order of the Provincial National Committee.

1946 – Ferdinand Hájek and Valerie Schatz, née Wittal, filed a request for restitution of the company

1948 – Rudolf Barák, a member of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, moved into the villa

1948 – the national administration of the Wittal Brothers company was entrusted to the Czechoslovak Textile Works, a national enterprise in Prague.

1948 – Wittal Brothers company ceases to exist

1949 – Bohumil Ubr, chairman of the national committee in Brno, moved into the villa

1949 – sometime around this time, Valerie Schatz left Czechoslovakia and went to the USA

1953 – the villa became a small apartment house

1953 – the villa became the property of the Brno Housing Company

1958 – the Doubek family lived in the ground floor apartment, later the Kubíček family. The Pavelka, Dvořák and Kubačka families lived in the upper two apartments. The Novák family lived in the caretaker's apartment, and later the Vysočan family.

1981 – Valerie Schatz, née Wittal, died in Philadelphia

1984 – the villa was listed as a cultural monument

2022 – the plan to set up the ŠTETL Jewish Cultural Centre in the villa building was made

2023 – the last tenancy in the villa ended in August

2024 – the villa was entrusted to the Brno City Museum

 

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