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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (20)
Queen_Rabbit
nice image
artaddict2
You make it sound a wonderful place Sig. Unspiolt areas are becoming very rare in this world. Nice capture of your brother and its good to see other members, how they look, we sometimes paint a picture in our minds of people, when we are never able see them.
mickuk50
what a great story sig and billcody is your brother .learnt something new today :o)..he pops in on my gallery sometimes .as alan say nice to be able to put a face to a name .excellent capture my friend :o) mick
jeroni
nice mood, great composition
durleybeachbum
What strikes me is the similarity between your brother and the face of the statue! Is there something you're not telling us here?
ledwolorz
Excellent capture.
SapUS59
excellent image and composition !!
timtripp
what a telling photo.... even at a sad occasion it's obviously cool to be with your brother. thanks for sharing this one.
Hendesse
Excellent shot of this impressive statue. Thanks for the interesting comment too!
MrsLubner
Outstanding capture.
mizoli
Superb capture!
Fidelity2
Very well executed. 5+.
Janiss
Oh Sig, it's Billcody?.... excellent... I'm laughing.... I adore!
moochagoo
Ah, Ah, great sense of humour !
jocko500
wonderful shot and history too
Richardphotos
I had no idea that you and Bill Cody was siblings.an awesome statue and idea. my condolences on the lose of your mother
samyyous
Very good capture and beautiful bronze statue, Great!
JeffG7BRJ
I wonder what the proper name for this sort of bronze is, I have always thought of 'Busts' as head only, and full body as a statue or sculpture. I don't think I have ever come across one like this before Sig, a half body. A very unusual(to me) bronze, and as Andrea says, there seems to be a resemblence of your brother here, although the bronze has a tad more hair. Lol. An excellent capture, great clarity and detail, the detail on the bronze is also fantastic, I wonder who commissioned it and who cast it? I must check this out on Wikipedia. Superb work and a great narrative. Bravo!!!!!
junge1
@JeffG7BRJ. You know Jeff, a good question. I have never even given it a thought. I know that monuments of horses with riders have different meanings whether the front leg of the horse is raised or if the horse is rearing on its hind legs. But this bust does look kind of strange, Sig...
amlondono
A great photo Sig , in every way ! Ana