Memorial Operation Manna / Chowhound Rotterdam

Meerum Terwogtlaan, Rotterdam (Hillegersberg-Schiebroek)
South Holland, Netherlands, the

The Memorial is erected in commemoration of the food droppings at the end of the Second World War in the western parts of Holland, called Operation Manna / Chowhound. 3600 tons of food was dropped for the people of Rotterdam, at a place nowadays known as the district of Nieuw-Terbregge. The Memorial is placed on the noise barrier of national highway A20.

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Text by: Kees Bok

Photo(s): Dick de Bruijne (1), (2,3,4,5)

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