In 1971, in the village of Draginovo, inhabited by Pomaks (Bulgarian-speaking Muslims), the Bulgarian Socialist government destroyed a cemetery and built a public mineral bath in its place. This was part of a nationalist agenda to assimilate the Pomaks by forcibly changing their Muslim names, eradicating traditional dress and rituals, and erasing religious sites throughout the country. Considered sacrilegious to their ancestors, the people of Draginovo resisted the imposed bathhouse, which today functions as a kindergarten supplied with geothermal heating. Following these hydrosocial dynamics, this article explores the intersection between historical trauma and community agency, as experienced by local people through thermal waters.