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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 (28)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
bazza
Great capture Sig, nice looking park..
casmindo
Nice and a pretty place to spend Christmas.
THROBBE
Cool shot!
Rainastorm
Hey this is REALLY neat...I like the feel of it. Well presented!
flaviok
Fascinante, magnifica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
debbielove
Looks a really pleasant place for a stroll.. Sunny beautiful shot Sig! That tree looks really cool.. Nice one! Rob
West_coaster07
Nice one Sig!!
farmerC
Shining.
Faemike55
Wonderful capture Very beautiful park
renecyberdoc
fantastic place to be.
adrie
Beautiful view and capture my friend.
Jean_C
Superb place and capture!
drifterlee
Beautiful place and shot!
bmac62
Love the richness of the colors...
jocko500
wonderful
emmecielle
Wonderful place! Great shot and fantastic lighting! :)
delaorden_ojeda
hi Sig ! glad to see you , very beautiful place , looks a very quiet place , excelent pov and colors , thanks so much for your visit !
sandra46
WONDERFUL SHOT
flavia49
beautiful
bobrgallegos
Outstanding capture!!
auntietk
I love the way all the verticals in the mid field frame the harbor in the background in slices. Palms, lamp posts, people, trees ... it gives a sense of motion, like maybe the foreground is moving to the right and the background is moving to the left. Now you're going to think I'm just crazy, my friend! LOL! But really ... it's a wonderful picture, and I do love the sense of movement.
fallen21
Splendid shot.
nefertiabet
Very nice shot!!!
thecytron
Xcellent photograph!
MagikUnicorn
AWE....Beauty
danapommet
A peaceful place to walk and relax.
carlx
Fantastic colors, place and mood!!!