early life and emigration heinz koppel, a british artist of german origin, was born in berlin, germany in 1919. his life was marked by the tumultuous events of world war ii, which led to his family's emigration to prague, czechoslovakia in 1933. in 1938, heinz and his father joachim fled to the united kingdom, while his mother paula remained in czechoslovakia due to severe arthritis attacks. artistic influences and training heinz's art…