a very tall building with a sky in the background

De Boeg is a war memorial in Rotterdam. It commemorates the 3500 people on board of Dutch merchant ships who lost their lives in the Second World War. Fred Carasso's monument was unveiled by Princess Margriet on April 10, 1957 on the corner of Boompjes and Leuvehaven. The 46 meter high aluminum construction symbolizes a bow in the concrete waves. Later, on July 15, 1965, an 8-meter high bronze group of statues was added to the monument: a helmsman, three sailors and a drowned man. On the side is the text: "They kept course".