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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 (37)
renecyberdoc
stairs a re nothing for this lad i have only i liter volume in the lungs.
erlandpil
great picture erland
whaleman
Wow, lots of climbing there!
bazza
Nice capture that's some slope to climb drunk lol.. well done!!
Lashia
Wow with everything so narrow you'd have to be pretty skinny... but after all these stairs you'd be pretty fit anyways! Great shot- thanks for sharing! :)
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VEDES
Wow!!!!!!this capture reminds me the places of my country which is island samos in geece of course.
lyron
Cool image!!
farmerC
Shining.
gaius
I imagine how tiring it must be when they come back from the supermarket with a lot of things to carry !!! Interesting shot.
flavia49
superb capture!
Feliciti
there need to be in good shape !! great captured !
ysvry
great foto.
Faemike55
Wonderful shot very powerful legs are needed here
jclP
Splendid pov
nefertiabet
fantastic shot!!!
thecytron
A very good one!
debbielove
No! Not somewhere you'd want fall down for sure! A fine, claustrophobic shot! lol Rob
bkhook
A beautiful capture. I love the quaintness, whitewash and colors.
annie5
I'm not in a good shape enough! Well captured! :)
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful shot! Beautiful POV !
kbrog
Wonderful POV and capture! :) I don't think I'd want to be going down steps like this on a dark and rainy night.
gunsan
What a wonderful view!! Great capture!
bobrgallegos
Awesome POV!!
tennesseecowgirl
I imagine the people are in great shape there.. Nice work.
auntietk
Aside from the marvellous composition, I love the different colors and textures, the light, and the wires and lines going in all directions. Fantastic photograph!
sandra46
TERRIFIC ALLEY
anitalee
Nice shot
flora-crassella
great perspective!!!!!
Richardphotos
from the plaster falling, might be a dangerous place to walk.one could not get much more out of the way than this
jophoto
Love the shot...would hate to live there.