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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 (21)
Faemike55
Very cool capture At first I thought that someone righteously created a museum honoring Vaughn Bode, a very good artist
K_T_Ong
Lovely photo. Looks like a real great place to visit!
jocko500
very wonderful
starship64 Online Now!
Wonderful shot!
jayfar
Lovely picture Sig.
SunriseGirl
What a lovely old building. Thanks for sharing. :)
whaleman
You sent me looking to see if this was named after the Bode who was well known in electronics, but it is instead named after its first curator. Nice shot!
giulband
Good image!!!
dakotabluemoon
Such a beautiful place.
flavia49
beautiful cityscape
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot of the museum!
Cyve
Fantastic capture and very beautiful place!!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
angora
lovely image!!
Rob2753
A beautiful building and composition
bazza
Nice museum building, super capture Sig.
auntietk
The light is beautiful, picking out the details on the museum. A wonderful shot! By the way, congratulations on getting Gallery of the Month! :)
farmerC
Exellent shot.
sandra46
GREAT LIGHT
emmecielle
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your trip! Splendid shot! :)
danapommet
Beautiful old style of architecture and a great shot along the river. The Fernsehturm looks to be in excess of a thousand feet tall! Welcome home and we hope it was a great trip!