He had decided that he would rent a dilapidated factory. And use it as his Bauhaus so he has full control without the powers or influence of anyone else. The school had been open for 10 months before the Nazi Party realized it was working. In 1933, a secret police force called the "Gestapo" was Hitler's way of operating on the streets with a police force that acted according to Nazi rules. The school had closed. This led to a strong protest from Mie who eventually succeeded in reopening the school. But shortly after reopening, Mie volunteered to shut down the school. Due to the modern influence of the Bauhaus, Adolf Hitler represented this idea and had labeled the Bauhaus as "United Nations German", changing the German public's opinion of the Bauhaus. Hitler had then criticized the fact that the Bauhaus was only a cover and a front for the communists and social liberals. Hitler having this opinion, after his arrival he converted the minds of Mie and his loyal students to the Soviet Union