Figure 1.--This is the Volksschule Niklasdorf in 1937. Niklasdorf is a small village in Styria. This is the southeastern Austrian province and one of the most traditional. Styria has been described as "germ cell" from which Austria developed. Much of Styria is forested and mountain terrain. Many people in the rural areas are fond of tradition clothing and you can see the teacher and several boys wearing Alpine jackets, but the girls are not wearing drindls. A reader tells us, "The photograph was taken in 1937, My friend was 10 years old and in 4th and last grade of Volksschule. Some of the children stayed and finished grade 5 and 6 at the school. Others students left the school to continue in the Oberschule (highschool)." Put your cursor on the image to see the rest of the class.

A HBC reader has provided us informtion from an Austrian friend. "An Austrian friend sent me this school portrait. I recognized him before I saw his immage under the large photo. He was born and grew up in Niklasdorf, a small village in Styria." This is the southeastern Austrian province and one of the most traditional. Styria has been described as "germ cell" from which Austria developed. Much of Styria is forested and mountain terrain. Many people in the rural areas are fond of tradition clothing and you can see the tracher aznd deceral noys wearing Alpine jackets. "The photograph was taken in 1937, My friend was 10 years old and in 4th and last grade of Volksschule. Some of the children stayed and finished grade 5 and 6 at the school. Others students left the school to continue in the Oberschule (highschool). Selection was early. He writes that at that time they did not have tradeschools yet. My friend went to a technical college and became an engineer (Roads and bridges builder). I met him in Indonesia where I worked for a Dutch company from 1949 to 1958."

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