Haberler was born in 1900 to a ­family of well-­off civil servants, in the sylvan Viennese suburb of Purkersdorf, best known for its sanatorium designed by the Secession architect Josef Hoffmann. Built when Haberler was a toddler, the sanatorium was a gathering place for luminaries like Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg, and Arthur Schnitzler. The clean white lines and geometry of the building reflected the artistic vision of the Secession, further embodied in the building in downtown Vienna with its golden leafy globe. Their goal was the Gesamtkunstwerk, the total work of art. Art should bring harmony and perfection to earth.

Quinn Slobodian, Globalists, loc. 178