The composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was born in Dessau as the son of a Jewish Kantor. He is best known in Germany for The Three Penny Opera (1928) and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) — both to texts by German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht Read More …
The Bauhaus (which means literally ‘building-house’) was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius (1883-1969), and brought together a number of the most outstanding contemporary architects and artists. It began in Weimar, but moved to Dessau in 1924, becoming the municipally-funded College of Design. The stated intention of the Bauhaus was Read More …
Gigantomania was a common feature of all the Nazi building projects, and the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau was no exception. With over a thousand seats, it was one of the largest theaters in Germany when it was built in the 1930s on orders of the local Nazi ruler. The grand Read More …