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Thankfully, most of the building (and the oldest parts) remain intact, but the right wing has become an utter eyesore.

Here's how the building looked before the second addition, in 1938-1939. Note the original bay window and overhang which were removed at some point.

It is absolutely worth picking up a copy of This Gulf of Fire if you're interested in the natural disaster that levelled Lisbon and much of the surrounding region. It's an event that is both fascinating and terrifying in equal measure.

I’m not saying the OP isn’t basically right, but there are a few historic buildings left downtown, like the California theater.

Incidentally, if you have any interest in San Jose history and true crime, this book is fascinating: https://www.amazon.com/Swift-Justice-Murder-Vengeance-California/dp/0312089015

Interesting. Perhaps it depends when it was build or where? Here is for example Savonlinna Castle. You can see that the tower on the first plan has little compartment sticking out of the tower. That's the toilet.

And this is remaining of Teutonic castle in Toruń. It's basically a toilet. Under this tower is a little stream and on top is a room with hole in the floor.

Nicholson Baker has done a remarkable job of documenting what is known about what went on in those years:

https://www.amazon.com/Baseless-Search-Secrets-Freedom-Information/dp/0735215758

Sure, this is the source I'm relying on.

You won't get any argument me defending the mass rape by the USSR--that is also established historical fact.

What I'm looking for from you is an affirmative argument as to why the decisions of the German government should not be given deference here.

You persist in calling it a deflection, but if a re-unified Germany was not the one to decide, who should have? Why should it have been done differently? And, finally, why should it have been done the specific way you want it done?