Already in high school he decided that he would devote e-commerce photo editing himself to the study of art history but the family did not have money for education. So Victor decided to take up photography. He believed that being a photographer he would be able to travel a lot and get acquainted with works of art. To gain experience he worked for a year for free in photography studios in Bremen. Having won a photography contest he won a big sea cruise. On the ship Viktor met onboard photographer Hans Chira a Leica specialist who became his teacher. Chira was known for photographing elite cruises famous passengers. He photographed movie stars of the time among whom was for example Marlene Dietrich.
The decision to work for the German Volkswagen subsequently crossed out Meeussen's life for many years. The apolitical photographer was pressured into joining the SS. As a reporter he participated in the Battle of Arnhem. But the German officers seeing that Victor was not suitable for war sent him to the rear. Meeussen fled to the Netherlands where he was arrested and sent to a POW camp. Colleagues stood up for the photographer and he was soon released. Friends helped Meeussen move to The Hague and get a job as a commercial photographer for the oil refinery Esso. Here he continued to study and improve the process of printing fullcolor photographs. At a simple gas station nearan artistic shot. At the time he was running a mm medium format.