Bauhaus in East Germany: The Formalism Debate
Published on 03.12.2016
![Bauhaus Museum Dessau , view from Stadtpark (Image © Gonzalez Hinz Zabala courtesy Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau)](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Entwurf-Bauhaus-Museum-Dessau-Ansicht-Stadtpark.jpg?w=3840)
The planned new Bauhaus Museum Dessau, view from Stadtpark (Image © Gonzalez Hinz Zabala courtesy Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau)
Bauhaus in East Germany: The Immediate Post-War Years
![Bauhaus Dessau, following the 1945 allied bombing of Dessau](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Bauhaus-Dessau-Bomb-1945.jpg?w=3840)
Bauhaus Dessau, following the 1945 Allied bombing of Dessau (Source https://commons.wikimedia.org)
Bauhaus - "A Hostile Manifestation"
![The ADGB Bundesschule in Bernau by the then "director of the so-called Dessau Bauhaus, Hannes Myer"](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Bundesschule-Bernau-Bauhaus-Hannes-Meyer.jpg?w=3840)
The ADGB Bundesschule in Bernau near Berlin by the "director of the so-called Dessau Bauhaus, Hannes Meyer"
Form Follows Dogma
![Stalinallee Berlin ca. 1955](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Stalinallee-Berlin-1955.jpg?w=3840)
Stalinallee Berlin ca. 1955 (Photo Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-32583-0005 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Source https://commons.wikimedia.org)
Bauhaus in East Germany: The Slow Rehabilitation
![Bauhaus Dessau, 2016](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Bauhaus-Dessau.jpg?w=3840)
Bauhaus Dessau, 2016
Bauhaus in East Germany. Or, Lessons on the Misuse of Culture for Political Means
![Bauhaus Dessau, 2016](https://www.smow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bauhaus-dessau-window.jpg?w=3840)
Bauhaus Dessau, 2016
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