COMMEMORATION OF DESTRUCTION AND CELEBRATION OF RECONSTRUCTION. THE EVOLUTION OF ROTTERDAM’S APPROACH TO THE CITY’S HISTORY 1945–2019
Commemoration of destruction and celebration of reconstruction. The evolution of Rotterdam’s approach to the city’s history 1945–2019

Author(s): Dominik Różewicz
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: commemoration; dynamic memory; reconstruction; urban history; urban sociology
Summary/Abstract: In 1940, Rotterdam was attacked in an air raid, r esulting in the death of 900 people and almost total destruction of the historic city center. The reconstruction lasting over 20 years transformed Rotterdam into a typically modernist city. The purpose of the article is to discuss and systematize the evolution of the dynamic memory of the war and its immediate consequences in Rotterdam. As a result, six phases of Rotterdam’s remembrance culture have been distinguished since 1945.

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