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German far-right AfD takes aim at Bauhaus movement

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Germany 's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party slams the "simplistic glorification of Bauhaus heritage" The AfD's Hans-Thomas Tillschneider said the style had "inspired architectural sins of crushing ugliness" The party demanded a more "critical examination" of the style invented by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919 .

The movement redefined ideas about art, industrial design and building but was banned as "degenerate art" in 1933 .

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