he Nazi (National Socialist) Party won the majority of votes in national elections and then became the most influential force on German culture. Even steadfast admirers of the Bauhaus began to criticize it, although many famous figures in the art world came to its defense. This dramatized the school’s connection to the “new” art which the Nazis consider Communist.
In October 1932 Mies van der Rohe opened the final version of the Bauhaus in Berlin as an entirely private educational institution. It lasted only a few months.
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Bauhaus Building, Berlin-Steglitz, 1932
Courtesy of Harvard Art Museums
