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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)
Rob2753
I thought it was a temple at first and they were washing their feet before entering, great shot
ronmolina
Wow and interesting!
ontar1
That is cool, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drifterlee
That's a cool idea!
adrie
Great and interesting photoshot my friend.
nefertiabet
Fantastic Photo, very good l!!!
emmecielle
Very interesting image, Sig! Great capture! :)
farmerC
beautifully displayed
jayfar
A lovely insight into another cultures way of life.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Cyve
Beautiful shot !
Crudelitas
A really amazing building...
UVDan
Very interesting!
flavia49
beautiful capture
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
Faemike55
makes perfect sense now! Great capture
sharky_
Interesting culture. Aloha
starship64
Wonderful, fascinating shot.
whaleman
A little wash on the feet with cool water is very refreshing!
renecyberdoc
great shot.
dakotabluemoon
Superb capture here dude.
bobrgallegos
Great shot and very interesting info!
tigertim
a fascinating photo, great capture!
auntietk
There are times when I'd love to rinse my feet off even if I had no intention of going into a mosque! Walking around can be such a hot and tired thing to do. This looks quite refreshing!
junge1
Most of the people who used that didn't go into the mosque!
jocko500
wonderful shot of how p-people live in differ parts of the world
danapommet
Nice idea for the feet and a great photo Sig! I could have used something like this when I made it back up to the rim of the Grand Canyon!
debbielove
Well there you go... Never actually knew that.. Thanks for showing it us.. Rob