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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..
Comments (36)
DarkStormCrow
Excellent image, great sky, well done...
flora-crassella
...ganz schön einsame Gegend! Wundervolle Aufnahme! Ob es heute auch noch so eine "verlassene" Gegend ist?
kgb224
Excellent capture Junge.
tetsu-pino
WOOW!!! Very beautiful sunset scene!! Splendid shot!!!
kimariehere
gorgeous evening composition and sunset glow!!!!
Meowgli
cracker of a sunset - love those clouds and the silhouetted barn is cool too
jeroni
fantastic colors, light and perfect
sharky_
Beautiful sunset... Aloha
fredster66
Very impressive!
Iceshark39
Beautiful skyline and what a fantastic shot. Gorgeous colours
tallpindo
A really singular image. The lack of trees calls up Kansas in my experience. The even more austere rocky shield seems to be here.
busi2ness
Very dramatic skies Sig, I love the tone and silhouette.
rainbows
A beautiful sunset, Sig. Splendid colours, excellent work. Diane.
timtripp
marvelous image sig!
carinatiefenthaler
Love the colors! Excellent shot!
thevolunteer
Beautiful sunset. Almost a surreal feeling. Like the heavens are opening up. Aloha
MrsLubner
Isolation but not loneliness... a perfect shot of peace and tranquility.
nikolais
one of those bright moments to remember... fine capture!
emmecielle
Fantastic sunset! :)
bebert
very nice colors
rawdodb
Gorgeous sunset!!! Beautiful capture!!!!
ElizaB
wonderful capture..there is always something so spiritual about sunset and dawn captures..maybe it's to do with beginnings and endings..??
Janiss
Fantastic capture Sig... I adore this silhouettes!
ledwolorz
Beautiful sunset,
jocko500
super looking
Ionel
Great capture, Sig! Excellent view!
cameraobscura2
Greetings Siegfried, In many ways it has a painterly feeling like that of the Hudson School of early American art. Thank you for sharing. egmont
RobyHermida
NICE.............
Richardphotos
very impressive Sig
ascript
This is gorgeous ;)