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 (18)
rachris480907
Fantastic shot and very interesting text!
LivingPixels
A super shot my friend it looks really fantastic the wife and i are off to Italy in 3 weeks and we will be spending some time in V Venice Florence and Rome really looking forward to it the wife went last year with her sister! I just love this capture!
Buffalo1
Superb POV for this lovely photo.
ontar1
Cool, great capture!
Faemike55
the wives were smart - great photo
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely scenery
giulband
Wonderful and well representative photo!!
Burano is also known for a typical biscuit called "bussolà" and to give the birth to a composer of the Vivaldi period, Baldassarre Galuppi
starship64
That's a great story, and a beautiful scene.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
miwi
UteBigSmile
Das schaut Klasse aus Siggi, habe so ein ähnliches von Emma & Jordi als Hintergrundbild!!!
durleybeachbum
So pretty! When my husband came home drunk I should have preferred him to go to another woman.... but I divorced him instead.
Mondwin
Wunderbares bild lieber freund!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Gruß Whylma
alida
lovely view
PandaB5
Great scene and very interesting legend.
virginiese
Great colorful capture. I love the story behind :-)
auntietk
I like this a lot. Actually, quite a lot! I've got it on my phone screen right now, and enjoy it every time I open my phone. :)
flavia49
marvelous. I love Burano!