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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 (25)
emmecielle
Very interesting view! Excellent capture! :)
flavia49
excellent! interesting panorama
rocdan
LOVE THE SCENIC VIEW ON THIS WONDERFUL CAPTURE WELL DONE
drifterlee
Wonderful shot!
Faemike55
Very cool image wonder what it looks like now?
jocko500
cool shot
bazza
Cool shot Sig love it!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
auntietk
I love all the lines and tracks and overhead rails. So much to see, and so fun to try to follow them around! Terrific shot.
jayfar
Looks like an early morning shot - a busy picture but not a lot of activity!!
whaleman
Always interesting to see how people-moving is done in other places!
fallen21
Excellent shot!
lyron
Great capture!!
angora
very cool image, love it!!!
renecyberdoc
did the french gave away again their old machines for a so called good pricing??muahahah.just joking bro.
nefertiabet
Interessantes Foto und Info, Danke!!!
mairekas
Cool panorama!
mariogiannecchini
Very interesting capture !Great photo , Sig !
farmerC
Shining shot.
thecytron
Great shot!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
I love the plethora of container trucks, all laden with consumer goods in and out of Chile. Great shot!
nikolais
lovely image!
bobrgallegos
Awesome very interesting view and capture!
carlx
Wonderful photography and view, Sig!!!
LYNZ1947
Very good pic Boy.