The volume offers a new perspective on Hannes Meyer, the second director of the Bauhaus in Dessau, who was politically ousted from office in 1930. The book documents, through facsimiles of programmatic writings, how the committed architect and socialist communicated his vision of the Bauhaus from his appointment as director until his death. International experts examine in a series of essays how Meyer's positions evolved and were discussed and received in various social and political contexts. This not only reflects the potential of Hannes Meyer’s ideas but also documents a history of the interplay between architecture and politics through one of the most contentious positions of the 20th-century avant-garde. The volume features previously inaccessible original German texts for the first time.