The Life and Early Years of Willi Sitte Willi Sitte entered the world on 28 February 1921 in Kratzau, Czechoslovakia, a place known today as Chrastava in the Czech Republic. He was born into a family defined by hard work and distinct cultural identities; his father was a Sudeten German vegetable farmer with communist leanings, while his mother worked as a Czech maid. This early environment, rooted in the soil and the complexities of regional identity, shaped the foundation of his life long before he became a public figure in the art world. His path toward a life in art began with a focus on…