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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)
tennesseecowgirl
Okay I will never complain about doing my laundry again.. :) Nice shot Sig, thanks for sharing this with us.
annie5
Interesting capture Sig! Beautiful photo :)
jocko500
super cool shot
Faemike55
Very cool capture! there are times where this is still the best way
junge1
I remember as a child, while living in Sudetenland, now Czech Republic, when my grandmother and my aunts were doing the laundry in a small mountain creek in front of the house.
bimm3d
i see many times this image in our village in Romania!! wonderful place and perfect photo!!
renecyberdoc
and i bet the laundry comes out minimum as clean as ours with all the shit we put into the washing machines.very nice sig.
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful photo and splendid SOUVENIR for you WELL DONE Mayan Elder
lyron
Very cool capture!!!
auntietk
Makes me REALLY appreciate indoor plumbing and washing machines. Washing clothes this way is not for the faint hearted! Wonderful composition and interest in this shot, my friend. Nicely seen, and a great capture!
farmerC
Shining work.
flaviok
Impressionante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
ragouc
Nice shot and scene
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.
flora-crassella
very interesting photo!
bkhook
Awesome capture. Time has stood still here it almost seems.
flavia49
fantastic image!!
debbielove
A picture of a life stood almost still.. Maybe a good thing for them.. The rest of the world seems 'mad' by comparison. lol Wonderful shot.. Rob
marybelgium
nice photo !
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!!
lior
Interesting capture!
billcody
Debbielove has found the right words: Time stands still - the scenery looks like from Columbus`days! Fine snapshot, Siegfried! Alles Gute im Neuen Jahr! Bleib gesund und lass es Dir gut gehen!
sandra46
absolutely magnificent!!!
Minda
wow! this amazing shot sig i remember when i was on my country i used to go with my relatives to this kind of place and saw lots of people washing there clothes..i think to me this is the best coz clothes is very clean and smell good also...i love this photo..
bazza
Great shot.. who knows one day we all may be going back to this sort of washing, but I hope not!!;-)
emmecielle
A very interesting capture, Sig! Wonderful image! :)
danapommet
This beautiful shot sure does make us appreciate the connivances that we have today. Dana
mariogiannecchini
Nice shot and scene !
amanda_a42
Excellent excellent shot! for a moment there I wasn't quite sure whether it was a photo, a rendered image or a combination of both.