Memorial The Shadow Rotterdam
The Memorial "The Shadow" in Rotterdam is to commemorate the bombing of Rotterdam that was performed by German Heinkel HE-111 bombers on 14 May 1940.
The designer, Onno Poiesz, used concrete, which symbolizes the destruction of the city and the reconstruction. The monument is located in front of the resistance museum.
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Source
- Text: TracesOfWar.com
- Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2), Liesbeth van Diggele (3)
Nearby
Museum
- Museum Rotterdam ’40-’45 NU - Rotterdam
- Maritime Museum Rotterdam - Rotterdam
- Marines Museum of the Royal Navy - Rotterdam
Point of interest
- Residence Staff Kriegsmarine - Rotterdam
- Office Wehrmacht - Rotterdam
- Regional Quarter Nationale Jeugdstorm - Rotterdam
Monument
- Sculptures Churchill & Wilhelmina - Rotterdam
- Plaque former Israeli hospital - Rotterdam
- Memorial Branco van Dantzig Rotterdam - Rotterdam (Delfshaven)
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves R.K. Begraafplaats St. Laurentius - Rotterdam (Kralingen, Crooswijk)
- Graves Resistance Fighters General Cemetery Crooswijk - Rotterdam (Kralingen-Crooswijk)
- Graves Perished Crew Members SS Meerkerk - Rotterdam (Kralingen-Crooswijk)
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Heemraadssingel 310 - Rotterdam (Delfshaven)
- Stumbling Stone Heemraadssingel 304b - Rotterdam
- Stumbling Stones Coolhaven 160A - Rotterdam
Fortification
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