August 1930
1 August
Pressure from right-wing forces leads to the dismissal of Bauhaus Director Hannes Meyer for being a member of the KPD. His successor is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
[Büttner, p. 791]
6 August
Viennese researcher Sigmund Freud receives the Goethe Prize in Frankfurt for his accomplishments in psychoanalysis. This is followed by anti-Semitic protests.
[Büttner, p. 791]