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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 (28)
amlondono
A Beautiful portrait of your grandniece , love her expression ! Ana
kenwas
A delightful portrait of a young lady.
wonderworld
Beautiful shot and very pretty girl. Cool that teenagers are pretty much the same worldwide. My daughter dresses just like her!!
mickuk50
its great when young and old can interact like this sig. wonderful pic of this young lady :o) mick
mizoli
Beautiful portrait!
artaddict2
A lovely portrait of your Grandniece Sig. How wonderful for you to share her company and have conversation in this way.
virginiese
She is so natural ! Wonderful portrait !
Hendesse
Excellent and very beautiful portrait with fantastic natural expression!
jeroni
Wonderful light and colors
timtripp
precious!
SapUS59
superb capture and beautiful portrait, great work !!!
Janiss
Fantastic portrait and such marvelous and sweet glance Sig!
cameraobscura2
Greetings Siegfried, Thank you for sharing a part of your private life with us. egmont
moochagoo
Wow, such a nice girl !
durleybeachbum
A delightful portrait!!
wingnut55
a nice and characterful portrait.
Richardphotos
she is beautiful and a superb portrait
jocko500
grandniece is lovely and your photo do her just. cool shot
thevolunteer
What a wonderful capture. Thanks for sharing your story. Never heard of jumping berries before. Aloha
tennesseecowgirl
Lovely picture of her.. and great memory you shared.
RobyHermida
Excellent capture my friend.
ledwolorz
Beautiful portrait and fantastic photo.
frankie96
Great candid portrait...nicely done..
samyyous
Beautiful smile and excellent shot!!
JeffG7BRJ
She is a very beautiful young lady Sig, and so nice she had time for you as so many teenagers now don't want to know the older generation. Nice that you had time together. Excellent portrait. Bravo!!!!!
delaorden_ojeda
she is really lovely, nice smile and expression, nice portrait !
KarmaSong
A very natural and beautiful portrait of your grandniece. Thank you for the narrative which comes with it. It's nice to see the tribute you're paying to your family tree and roots through this wonderful portrait.
Faemike55
Very beautiful portrait! You've a lovely grand niece