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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 (23)
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Sweet shot my friend
Faemike55
Wonderful candid capture Sig! thank you for this tour
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
prutzworks
nice streetphotography
jayfar
CRUMBS!! A super candid capture Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely pic
gaius
We French guys, when we left VietNam we, at least, left baguettes behind us !!! I know this place very well, thanks for sharing.
renecyberdoc
nice take on the daily bread.
Brycer3d
all the day we are so tired with different jobs ,, I really respect this lady and appreciate you to transfer this meaning to us we can learn tooooooooooo much not comfort to see such a nice and old lady selling some bread to get money to still alive where are her husband her boys to see this difficult situation for this lady I'm soooooooooooo sad to see this ??????
UteBigSmile
Wundere mich bloss, wie lange die noch knusprig bleiben lieber Siggi!
dakotabluemoon
A fantastic capture and a lot of people have no idea how hard it can be for some.
flaviok
Fascinante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
ontar1
Lovely scene, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
auntietk
They look delicious! I bet she's sold out by lunchtime. :)
sandra46
MARVELOUS WORK
flavia49
excellent capture
UVDan
Those of us who live comfortably in western countries can learn a thing or two from those who live a simpler life. A great shot!
Minda
i like Baguettes its my fav,,,Great shot sig,
starship64
Great capture.
tigertim
Another great shot Sig, Never made it to Hanoi, only Saigon.. but the French pastries there were sublime, and of course the older people still spoke a lot of french!
debbielove
Those are huge baguettes! lo Good shot mate. Rob
danapommet
This is a great people study Sig and it looks like the next lady is selling French bread! :o)