Overview

• Weimer characterized AfD attacks on the Bauhaus as echoing the NSDAP’s persecutory tactics, linking present-day criticism to historical defamation and exile of its proponents.
• He recalled how Nazis condemned the Bauhaus as “entartet,” imprisoning or driving key figures such as founder Walter Gropius into exile.
• The minister pledged special measures within his department to safeguard and showcase the Bauhaus heritage during the current legislative term.
• Established in 1919 in Weimar and later relocated to Dessau, the Bauhaus school continues to influence modern art and architecture worldwide.
• About €405.5 million of the proposed €2.034 billion budget is designated for Deutsche Welle, representing the largest single subsidy in the culture and media portfolio.