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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)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
giulband
Good !
Richardphotos
have you ever thought if you were to touch a column , maybe you could step back in history to when this place was in it's heyday?
bazza
Fabulous capture and detail in those column and around the arch..
Faemike55
Very cool capture I had to hold a piece of paper up to the monitor to make sure that the arch-connections were in line..
jocko500
cool
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful
jayfar
Fabulous old ruins and a tribute to both the architects and the builders.
starship64 Online Now!
What a fantastic place! Beautiful shot.
nefertiabet
Wonderful photo and to a beautiful blue sky!!! What more can you ask. :-)
adrie
Beautiful photoshot my friend.
illkirch
Very nice shot.
ontar1
Love the pov, outstanding capture!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
auntietk
Wonderful! The shapes, the columns, the detail ... all superb! You've got me confused with the dates, though. When were you there?
UVDan
Superb and the lighting angle shows off the carving!
junge1
Tara, I got myself confused. I was there last year and that was 2013. Boy, I hope this is not an indication of something happening to me lol!
vis151
That is really awesome!
ia-du-lin
wonderful ruins, great shot!
flavia49
beautiful image
danapommet
A wonderful detail shot and an excellent zoom for us to see all the detail!