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)
Iceshark39
Another beautiful shot, Sig!
emmecielle
Wonderful shot! :)
leanndra
What beautiful older buildings these are! This must be such a beautiful city! Thanks for sharing your amazing photography with us! Lea
cameraobscura2
Greetings Siegfried, I have been watching the Olympics and the women's marathon, so when the camera pulled back to show the city we are given an impression of their cities layout and design, so when I look at your image and the many others of other cities you have visited, I feel very fortunate indeed. Being able to see history standing among the new buildings and life going on is a special treat indeed and one I enjoy greatly. Thank you for sharing and have a great week. egmont
MrsLubner
Inspite of the modern dressed people, this has a wonderful old world look. Fabulous casual street scene.
kenwas
Prague is an awesome city and you have captured the feel of parts of it very well here. I fine shot.
flora-crassella
...eine schöne Aufnahme! Hübsche Szene!
lizzibell
nice capture...
ElizaB
great street capture
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful capture!!!
fredster66
Extremely interesting street capture. Nice work!
timtripp
marvelous photograph of one of the most beautiful places in the man-made world.
JeffG7BRJ
A wonderful city scape/street scene Sig, full of wonderful architecture I count three statues as well so it looks like they have plenty famous people in Prague. Well worth the extra click to enlarge, some wonderful details there. It's great to sit here in my den and tour the world with all my friends here on RR, to visit places I have only read about. Excellent work, thanks for sharing. Bravo!!!!!
kgb224
Excellent capture.
durleybeachbum
Thankyou for the info on the last one! This looks a wonderful place to take a holiday.
jocko500
wonderful to see what artists do. and this is a wonderful old world look on the old buildings. cool looking
annie5
Great capture with a superb lighting and reflection! Thanks for sharing :)
virginiese
Wonderful POV and nice street scene !
MrsRatbag
Beautiful view, lovely capture!
bebert
excellent POV
debz
fantastic capture! I was on that bridge a few years ago, its a great place!
dbrv6
Great place for a market!
flaviok
Esplendida captura, magnifica, aplausos (5)
Aioros
Super great image my friend.
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo.
mickuk50
love the architecture in this shot sig .excellent :o) mick
delaorden_ojeda
nice to see people doing their job, nica capture, Sig !
rainbows
A wonderful real life capture, this city is so beautiful, Sig. Hugs for a happy day. Diane. xx
mairekas
Wonderful place and image! Have a nice day, Sig! Maire
lucindawind
a wonderful capture!