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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 (27)
jayfar
A lovely cloister and well animated.
Juliette.Gribnau
lovey composition
rainbows
So beautiful, dear Sig. Sterling work. Hugs for all day. Di. xx
matstan2610
Wonderful of Eastern culture.
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
Faemike55
Wonderful capture
ontar1
Cool, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture!!!
drifterlee
Really nice shot!!!!!
flavia49
excellent series
virginiese
Very funny capture ! Very nice place !
adrie
Great photoshot my friend.
tigertim
haha.. great capture!!
sandra46
TERRIFIC IMAGE
jocko500
I do that when i see people takeing photos of others and I shot them takeing photos. lovely shot
Richardphotos
beautiful structure and capture. they are icing on the cake!!
starship64
Wonderful capture!
whaleman
Nice shot!
erlandpil
So beautiful, erland
dakotabluemoon
The art work on this building is really fascinating.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
ia-du-lin
beautiful capture.
FredNunes
Very cool.
auntietk
What a great room! I love the light streaming in and the deep shadows in the opposite arches. Wonderful photograph!
AureliusdeMercoeur
Excellent capture ! This narthex is really wide !!!
danapommet
Super timing Sig - so actually four photos were being taken all at the same time. So Cool!!!!!
debbielove
Brilliant idea.. A photo of girls taking a photo of themselves! lol And quite lovely they are as well, as is the surroundings... Go9od one mate! Rob