In 1942, it was registered as the property of the German Reich. It was used by Klöckner-Werke branch manager Walter Messerschmitt, and with the installation of massive partition walls, served as a design office for Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark. Messerschmitt had his apartment in the villa.
After liberation in 1945, the villa was used by the Red Army, which liberated Brno in April of that year. The Soviet unit accommodated in the villa severely damaged the white linoleum floor. It was also said that the Russians made a stable in the villa, but this is unlikely, as the entrance door from the garden is too small. However, the villa’s furnishing served as fuel for the soldiers.
