Verwoestingen Rotterdam. 'German schrecklichkeit (frighfulness) in Rotterdam.

Verwoestingen Rotterdam. 'German schrecklichkeit (frighfulness) in Rotterdam. The German ultimatum ordering the Dutch commander of Rotterdam to cease fire was delivered to him at 10.30 a.m. on May 14, 1940. Because the ultimatum bore no signature, the Dutch commander returned it. The same ultimatum, this time signed and giving the Dutch commander a time-limit of three hours, was delivered a second time at 1.20 p.m. At 1.22 p.m., German bombers set the whole inner city of Rotterdam ablaze, killing 30,000 of its inhabitants.' (Puin is al geruimd.)