Interior Decor of Doom

We frequently see the interior décor of the rich and famous – after all, they are often only to happy to advertise how "tasteful" they are (or perhaps inadvertently brag about how they are not). But what about the infamous? SpaceTM's Joe investigates...
 
Below is a picture of the 20th century photographer (and one-time lover of Man Ray), Lee Miller, taking a bath in Hitler's bathtub following the end of the Second World War. It is a strange and haunting image, one that throws up some questions about Miller, but mainly Hitler himself.

From Lee Miller

David E. Scherman. Lee Miller in Hitler's bath, Hitler's Apartment, Munich, Germany 1945 © Lee Miller Archives, England. All rights reserved
  
Looking at the tiling, the furniture – even the lack of space – one can't help thinking the design is curiously utilitarian for a megalomaniac dictator. Wouldn't you expect him to have chosen something grander? And what dreadful thoughts were dreamt up in that unassuming, small space...?

See this photograph and others, along with some of the artworks she received from her extraordinary friends (Picasso, Eillen Agar etc) at "Lee Miller and Friends" at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, UK, from January 17th to March 29th 2009.