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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 (29)
Minda
:)...This is great shot sig,love those trees.
timtripp
what a marvelous gathering spot!
farmerC
Fantastic Shot.
emmecielle
Beautiful shot! :)
Alex_Antonov
Beautiful work!
Dreamingbee
wonderful place and shot
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
carlx
Excellent place and capture!!!
psyoshida
Beautiful place. Wonderful trees. Nice capture. Wish I was there. :)
sandra46
wonderful shot! it looks a splendid place to spend a vacation!
NoelCan
Verry pretty ...
jocko500
a wonderful shot of this place
auntietk
What a lovely spot to sit and visit and hang out. Beautiful image!
Faemike55
Wonderful candid shot!
MrsLubner
You captured the social spirit in this. People who are not afraid to gather and mingle. Wonderful feeling. Great shot.
annie5
Fantastic place & capture! I like the trees :)
drifterlee
Very nice shot!
Richardphotos
looks like the girl was posing for you. beautiful area and shot
bazza
Lovely capture seems to me to be a place where people like to hang out, a busy place, very nice shot!!
renecyberdoc
tolles bild siggi.
debbielove
The life and soul of the place.. Bustling.. Wonderful shot.. Full of colour... Well done. Rob
shadownet
Nice setting.
BiggDevo
Excellent Work!
tennesseecowgirl
Nice capture...
orig_buggy
how fun is this???????
lyron
Wonderful picture!!
flora-crassella
eine nette Szene!!!!
amanda_a42
Hmmm... Bougainville is an earthquake sensitive area, the name turns up a lot in our earthquake survey. Lovely park, excellent shot!
bebert
great shot