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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 (31)
flora-crassella
very nice scene!
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
farmerC
Shining shot.
rocserum
great street scene! RS
carlx
Beautiful capture!!!
unstart
Wonderful candid shot!
lyron
Very nice pic!!!
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
annie5
Funny to see their expressions and poses! Great capture, Sig :)
flaviok
Esplendida captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
drifterlee
Nice people shot!
sandra46
great capture ;-D
jeroni
Fantastic image. I like very much the colors
ysvry
great foto.
Faemike55
Wonderful candid capture!
bazza
Nothing like a candid shot, well done.. makes you wonder what they are all doing today..
auntietk
There is nothing better than sitting on some nice, sunny steps just killing time with friends. Wonderful image!
bmac62
Amazing to see any group of this age without a single cell phone:) Nice pic Sig.
dbrv6
Great capture. Great point - no cell phones and ipods.
junge1
Wow, I never noticed that. A rare sight nowadays!
Minda
nice scene and great capture sig..
lizzibell
Great capture...
renecyberdoc
reminds me the dam place in amsterdam,except that we where not students but flower power fuzzies lol.
anianiani
loved the moment....stunning....
flavia49
fantastic capture!
watapki66
Wonderful capture, some seem bored, others excited and yet a few just taking it all in!
debbielove
Good candid again Sig.. This time paying more attention.. lol Only ONE on the mobile.. And one smoking! Uuuugh! Love candids! Rob
aksirp
young poeple, remember me lazy times:) good scene picture!
MagikUnicorn
RELAXING SHOT :)
ragouc
Cool shot