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 (48)
beachzz
Beautiful building, the palms add a wonderful touch!!
sharky_
Very nice. Aloha
bmac62
Talk about sparkling white!!! Very lovely Sig. Now, when does Clint Eastwood make his appearance? I know, pretty silly...I'm just a big fan of all his old south western movies.
lizzibell
Beautiful place...
lyron
Wonderful church!!
DennisReed
Lovely Church!
Minda
very beautiful church and love those palms its wonderful, and this place looks clean...great capture sig!!
renecyberdoc
Immaculada-muy bueno.
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
adrie
Very beautiful picture, excellent capture.
fredster66
Very nice!
kahun.hida
真っ白に塗られた美しい教会、ナイスショット！！！！！
pixelmeister
Very fantastic shot!
durleybeachbum
Intersting that our churches often are built to let in as much light as possible, whereas this look built to keep cool!
casmindo
beatiful church with a rich history I would think.
Enmos
Pristine building ! Wonderful shot of it too !! :)
busi2ness
You've done very well with the retention of detail on the bright whites, Sig.
flora-crassella
großartiges Foto!!!!
timtripp
EXCELLENT!
kasalin
Lovely place !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful place!! Excellent capture!!
erlandpil
Beautiful building, the palms add a wonderful touch!! Agree erland
flavia49
beautiful scene!!
auntietk
What wonderful contrasts! I love the brilliant white against that blue, blue sky. Excellent photo!
sandra46
Great shot. Wonderful contrast between the white of the church and the blue sky!
MC-Jay-One
Great architecture, excellent shot!
lucindawind
this is so beautiful ! its so nice .. white and sunny !
PIERRE25
Jolie capture, excellente photo!
furuta
Beautiful white wall of church. wonderful composition and excellent capture!!
virginiese
love the white color ! It's immaculate indeed !