War damage
Below a map of Reusel dated 1944 which shows the war damage.
The buildings coloured lilac are heavily damaged and coloured red completely destroyed.
Damaged convent and church
Kerkstraat
Damaged church with verger's house
The burnt-out convent opposite the church
The damaged church interior where bloody hand-to-hand combat took place just a few days earlier
The burnt-out convent with the “decapitated” church in the background
23 Kruisstraat
Shrapnel found in the house at 23 Kruisstraat
Kerkstraat
Schoolstraat, Mr. Walter van Veldhoven’s semi-detached house on the right.
At the end of the Kerkstraat, on the left, there is now a Ladies Fashion Shop.
The damaged church seen from the rectory garden
Schoolstraat with damaged cigar factory "Tingana"
Hoofdstraat with damaged church and convent
Our Lady’s Ascension Church
At this house in the Schoolstraat, you can clearly see the shrapnel holes that have been filled in and the repairs made to the wall. This photograph dates from 1952.
Even today traces of war are still visible as you can see here at 29 Molenstraat. (Picture: Ronald Damen)
This house at 10 Lensheuvel still shows some impressive traces
De Straat (now called Lindestraat)
The damaged church seen from the Kerkstraat