Post-war reconstruction Community Rotterdam

This website tells the story of the post-war reconstruction of Rotterdam. Discover historical and contemporary stories about neighbourhoods, important monuments and personal stories.

Post-War Reconstruction

Stories

Vacuuming capitals

Volunteers love to tell visitors stories about the Laurenskerk. But they also have wonderful personal stories to tell.

Stories

Getting soaked in front of the Savoy

The Van Wijk brothers talk about the youth in the Hoogkwartier district. They built rafts to use on the big puddles that formed in old bomb craters.

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De Heuvel still builds bridges

Irene Smit is the chairwoman of the Heuvel Foundation and talks passionately about the post-war reconstruction monument

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No time to dwell on the past

The Van Zijps lived through the reconstruction of Rotterdam, and also through its bombardment. After the war the built up their lives again quickly.

Stories

Buildings

Boekman & Sons commercial building and conference centre

In November 1954, the well-known Rotterdam architect Hugh Maaskant designed a four-floor cube-shaped commercial building that aligned with the other structures on Delftsestraat.

Buildings

Het Vrije Volk office building (Slaakhuys)

Former office building of the newspaper Het Vrije Volk, the Slaakhuys at the Slaak Rotterdam

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National Monuments

Sint Dominicus Catholic Steiger Church

The Steiger Church was intended as a place of silence and contemplation in the bustling city centre.

Buildings
Municipal Monuments

Kramer and Röder's Ironware and Tools

The building for Kramer and Röder, a wholesalers that traded in ironware and tools, was built at the same time as the premises for another firm of wholesalers, De Lange and Reek.

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Post-war reconstruction Community Rotterdam

Stories

Vacuuming capitals

Getting soaked in front of the Savoy

De Heuvel still builds bridges

No time to dwell on the past

Buildings

Boekman & Sons commercial building and conference centre

Het Vrije Volk office building (Slaakhuys)

Sint Dominicus Catholic Steiger Church

Kramer and Röder's Ironware and Tools

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Neighborhoods

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