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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..
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Comments (31)
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful Shot,
Richardphotos
such beautiful architecture and capture
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE WORK
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture and wonderful history lesson
bazza
Awesome looking building, nice capture and info on it. I like the modern sky tower in the bg too.
jocko500
wonderful building
RaykesPictures
Impressive picture and story.
starship64 Online Now!
Fantastic picture.
whaleman
Outstanding shot, and very straight on too! Thanks for the information too.
jayfar
This is a superb architectural shot of this magnificent and imposing building, great info too Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
awesome building
angora
outstanding pic!! wow!!
SunriseGirl
A very impressive structure. And I agree with bazza the modern tower in the background shows interesting contrast between architectural styles. thanks for sharing the photo and the info.
casmindo
Nice capture and it shows what a great reconstruction project it was
illkirch
Interesting shot
glix70
Wow very nice cathedral and thanks tio the info about it!!! Excellent work!!! :0)
adrie
Beautiful building, excellent photoshot my friend.
photosynthesis
A very impressive piece of architecture & I like your direct, no nonsense frontal view of it...
ontar1
Beautiful building, thank you for the info.
farmerC
Exellent done.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot. It's a shame war has destroyed so many beautiful things.
flavia49
fabulous image and info
tigertim
Impressive architecture!!.. great photo, especially with that modern tower sneaking in, in the background.. to give a nice contrast in style!
auntietk
Oh man ... what a treasure trove of possible photographs! :) You'd never get me away from there. Fabulous!
JuliSonne
One of my favorite motifs in Berlin. ha ha and the television tower peeping through between. I think you liked it in Berlin. And you could win a lot of new impressions. An imposing architecture. Klasse picture!!! (even if he seems a bit narrow?)
Minda
wow! This is really fabulous capture sig love it..
dakotabluemoon
A magnificent image here dude.
debbielove
Outstanding shot! Brilliant POV, well taken.. Only thing missing, not your fault at all mate, blue sky lol But, tell me about it!' Rob
ia-du-lin
wonderful architecture