Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Bauhaus leadership and Berlin relocation (1930–1933)

1. Mies appointed Bauhaus director (Dessau)

   Apr 1, 1930Labels: Ludwig Mies, Bauhaus Dessau

   • Bauhaus Archiv
   • Britannica

2. Meyer dismissed; Mies chosen as successor

   Aug 1, 1930Labels: Hannes Meyer, Dessau City

   • Bauhaus Archiv
   • Britannica

3. Mies begins term and restructures instruction

   Sep 1, 1930Labels: Ludwig Mies, Bauhaus Departments

   • Bauhaus Archiv
   • Britannica

4. Political purge of pro-Meyer students

   Oct 1, 1930Labels: Pro-Meyer Students, Ludwig Mies

   • Bauhaus Archiv

5. Nazi electoral breakthrough threatens Bauhaus funding

   Nov 1, 1931Labels: Nazi Party, Dessau Elections

   • Bauhaus Archiv

6. Dessau council votes to close Bauhaus

   Aug 22, 1932Labels: Dessau City, Nazi Party

   • Bauhaus Dessau
   • Bauhaus Kooperation

7. Bauhaus Dessau dissolved and teaching ends

   Sep 30, 1932Labels: Bauhaus Dessau, Ludwig Mies

   • Bauhaus Kooperation
   • Bauhaus Dessau

8. Bauhaus relocates to Berlin-Steglitz telephone factory

   Oct 1, 1932Labels: Bauhaus Berlin, Steglitz Telephone

   • Bauhaus Dessau
   • Bauhaus Kooperation

9. Berlin continuation reframed as private institute

   Nov 1, 1932Labels: Freies Lehr-, Ludwig Mies

   • Bauhaus Dessau

10. Mies abolishes preliminary course during Berlin phase

    Dec 1, 1932Labels: Preliminary Course, Ludwig Mies

    • Bauhaus Dessau

11. Gestapo raid seals Bauhaus Berlin premises

    Apr 11, 1933Labels: Gestapo, Bauhaus Berlin

    • Bauhaus Dessau
    • Bauhaus Kooperation

12. Faculty votes to dissolve the Bauhaus in Berlin

    Jul 20, 1933Labels: Bauhaus Faculty, Bauhaus Berlin

    • Bauhaus Dessau
    • Bauhaus Kooperation