This is not desecrating a beautiful old building. Read the story. This room was a scene of torture and the writing commemorates one of the victims. It is a very powerful comment.

The photo evoked a powerful response emotionally, before I read the story. I have heard of ice bath treatment and the stark mad writing combined with 4 baths made me think of that. This is one instance where the decay and abandonment of such a place is a good thing. The story behind it is horrific, even more than the image conveys. What it describes is nothing short of torture, just as bad as anything I have heard of from the holocaust. Taking a sane, normal person and systematically, legally abusing them until they lose their mind is something from the worst nightmares of society. Thank you for sharing such a powerful, thought-provoking image.