Trotsky´s House

This is the home of Leon Trotsky, who was exiled from Russia and hid out in Mexico, befriending Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. He lived for a bit with Frida and had an affair with her, but then they had a falling out and he moved a few blocks away with his wife.

It was here that he was assassinated. The first attempt failed and there are bullet holes still visible above his bed - he and his wife survived an all out assault by three gunmen by hiding behind the bed. The 2nd time he was not so lucky. His assassin, who was the lover of one of his secretaries or something like that, approached him while he was working at his desk and jammed an ice pick into his skull. He died the next day. His home is really worth a visit as it is left pretty much the way it was when he died - with clothes in the closet, books and papers on the desks. It makes me want to learn more about who he was and what he was doing.