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The changes of venue and leadership resulted in a constant shifting of focus, technique, instructors, and politics. For example, the pottery shop was discontinued when the school moved from Weimar to Dessau, even though it had been an important revenue source.In 1930, the mayor of Dessau dismissed Hannes Meyer following a scandal about alleged use of school funds for communist causes, appointing Mies van der Rohe