Yesterday was the 67th anniversary of the bombardment of Rotterdam by Nazi Germany during World War II. Since the city was named as the European capital of architecture for 2007, one group thought it would be a good idea to do something to highlight the fact that much of the city’s architecture was destroyed during the war. So, last night at 10:45pm, about 130 “light cannons” were turned on all around the city center marking the brandgrens (line of fire) of the German bombardment. Here are a couple of photos of what the night sky looked like:
The second one is of a memorial statue showing a man whose heart has been ripped out reaching up to the sky in anguish.
Mission: Rotterdam 2007 