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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 (20)
starship64 Online Now!
Great capture.
renecyberdoc
glad i zoomed in,becvause at first sight i thought someone was hanging on his mobile phone,that would have been disrespectable lol.that you SIG?.
UteBigSmile
Toller Schnappschuss, den du hier gemacht hast!
junge1
No Rene, I am not that bold or heavy lol. Besides I enjoyed the entertainment too much to talk on the phone!
jayfar
I love their music, I bet that sounded wonderful Sig.
farmerC
Fantastic done.
Faemike55
I looked around at this scene and I feel that the person on the phone was at the very minimum, rude. Great capture
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely scene
RaykesPictures
Seems Fun :-)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Cyve
Beautiful capture my friend !!!
ontar1
Cool, outstanding capture!
drifterlee
Looks like a lot of fun!
auntietk
I bet that was a good evening! Local food and live music ... what could be better?
emmecielle
Interesting place! Excellent shot! :)
flavia49
very lovely
Hendesse
Great shot. I can almost hear the music.
Richardphotos
I can imagine their music. there use to be a group of brothers from Brazil,that made big hits in the states with their guitar music
debbielove
And for all the atmosphere there is a stoming idiot with no brain cells in his head, on the cell phone! What an idiot! Aside from that moron, fantastic shot mate, must have sounded excellent.. Rob
danapommet
Very colorful costumes on the musicians and a great shot!