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Some of the plots in the new streets on the site of the former city walls have had a dramatic destiny. At 16 Třída Spojenců, a villa was to be built according to the design of Paul Engelmann and his teacher Adolf Loos. However, for unknown reasons, the owners did not build the house and sold the lot. Otto and Anna Zweig purchased it in 1928 and had a piece of Empire-style Vienna brought to Olomouc through Franz Kuhn in 1931.
The double-storey building with a rectangular floor plan has a symmetrical frontage, a columned portico with a balcony, topped by a triangular tympanum. It is reminiscent of a mansion from Napoleon’s time. A double staircase leads to the back garden. The building, whose noble character is emphasised by high-quality details of craftsmanship, has a cultivated and proportionately balanced appearance.
The family, related to the writer Stefan Zweig among others, enjoyed the villa for less than a decade. During WW2 it was occupied by Hitlerjugend, the youth organisation of the Nazi Party. The couple and their son Rudolf died in concentration camps.