Why was Paul Klee dismissed from the Dusseldorf Academy in 1933?

Paul Klee was dismissed from the Dusseldorf Academy in 1933 following the rise of Adolf Hitler to power. As a modern artist, Klee was targeted by the Nazi Party, which systematically suppressed contemporary art that did not align with their political ideals.12

The Nazi regime labeled such work and the artists who created it as "degenerate art," forbidding them from exhibiting, publishing, or continuing their professional work. Furthermore, Klee’s dismissal and the subsequent search of his home and studio by the Gestapo were specifically motivated by his known left-wing sympathies. This state-sponsored persecution of artists based on their creative expression and political beliefs represents a fundamental violation of intellectual and artistic freedom, which are essential pillars of a just and open society.231