The Nazis drove Bauhaus out of town. Now the far right is waging another war against the movement
Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins The city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus design school flourished a century ago, catapulted Germany into the modern era and revolutionised global design. It is also where the Nazis drove the avant garde movement out of town and attempted to crush its utopian principles. A
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- 27 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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- 27 Aug 2026, 19:57 UTC
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 27 Aug 2026, 04:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Deborah Cole in Dessau-Roßlau
- Section
- Germany
Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins The city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus design school flourished a century ago, catapulted Germany into the modern era and revolutionised global design. It is also where the Nazis drove the avant garde movement out of town and attempted to crush its utopian principles. A
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The Nazis drove Bauhaus out of town. Now the far right is waging another war against the movement
Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins The city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus design school flourished a century ago, catapulted Germany into the modern era and revolutionised global design. It is also where the Nazis drove the avant garde movement out of town and attempted to crush its utopian principles. A
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- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
- publisher category Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) rss-category
- publisher category Art and design rss-category
- publisher category Bauhaus rss-category
- publisher category Europe rss-category
- publisher category Germany rss-category
- publisher category The far right rss-category
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- #3004
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- 27 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt