Harry Seidler was born in Vienna in 1923 as son of Rose and Max Seidler. Rose was able to pursue her interest in contemporary design by commissioning architect Fritz Reichl to decorate their Vienna apartment and design the furnishings. Harry studied in Vienna from 1933-38. In 1938, the family company was confiscated by the Nazis and Harry left for Cambridge. He went to Cambridge Technical College, but was interned on the Isle of Man in 1940 and later transported to an internment camp in…