“it’s called the cake house and basically, a warsaw-expatriate named jan pol (born in 1894) built it as a “monument to injustice.” he had adopted an unwanted baby girl somewhat unofficially (those were the times) and despite loving her, giving her a good life and family, the state came and took her away because the proper paperwork hadn’t been done. so, out of rage, he built what was considered an eyesore on the bucolic new england countryside to remind people that she was -as the plaque said (you can see it on the cover if you zoom in)-“kidnapped away from freedom to the godlessness of hitlerism.” rumor has it, her cradle is still in the top-most part to this day.”
(via Boing Boing)
posted by daseindesign @ 08.55.18.12.09 
