In 1933, the school was closed indefinitely under intense political pressure and threats.
In 1932, with the Nazis in power, the school was again relocated, this time to Berlin, for the last year before its final closure. In Berlin, the Bauhaus survived briefly and with fewer resources than it had enjoyed in previous years, with the institute emptied of its most influential personalities. In 1933, the school was closed indefinitely under intense political pressure and threats.