Heierstrasse, Viersen. 1942.

Heierstrasse, Viersen. 1942., originally uploaded by viersener1.

Two small boys going to school (presumably the Kornerschule) passing a handsome but damaged parade of houses in the Heierstrasse in old Viersen.

One of the houses has been totally demolished in a recent bombing raid. The others are still standing but have suffered varying amounts of blast damage.

The house on the far left of the picture was demolished after the war, unfortunately, by the city council, to make way for a misguided and quite unnecessary extension of the Remigiusstrasse.

Source: Stadtarchiv Viersen.