The Destroyed City is a memorial statue made of bronze in the city of Rotterdam, which commemorates the German bombing of the city on May 14, 1940, and it was unveiled in 1953. On a tree trunk, holding both hands high and his head pushed back as if crying, with a hole in his stomach and chest, this void in the chest and heart indicates the destruction of central Rotterdam, and the statue was classified as a national monument in 2010 due to its historical importance and the breadth of its fame