On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces started the biggest amphibious invasion in history against Nazi Germany which went down in history as D-Day. Many stories were told, books were written and movies were made about the courage, importance, and tragedy of that day and since I was a kid I was both – fascinated and scared by those events at the coastline of Normandy.
1944年6月6日，盟军对纳粹德国发动了史上最大规模的两栖进攻，并以d日的名字载入史册。人们讲了很多故事，写了很多书，拍了很多关于那一天的勇气、重要性和悲剧的电影。
In May 2019 I packed all my stuff, stopped an astrophotography trip at the Canary Islands and gathered all my money, energy and knowledge to get to Omaha Beach to make a photography documentary about the 75th Anniversary on June 6, 2019.
2019年5月，我收拾好所有的东西，在加纳利群岛(Canary Islands)停下了天体摄影之旅，把所有的钱、精力和知识都集中到奥马哈海滩(Omaha Beach)，准备在2019年6月6日拍摄一部关于奥马哈海滩75周年纪念的摄影纪录片。
In the end, the documentation with more than 5000 written words and more than 130 photos was created.
最终完成了5000多字、130多张照片的文档。
Widerstandsnest 62 / Omaha Beach
I walked down the hill towards the beach where the deadly WN62 was still guarding the Channel.
我走下山坡，向海滩走去，致命的西北风仍在那里守卫着海峡。
75 years earlier – thousands of young GIs were wounded or killed from that bunkers. Nazi Heinrich Severloh at the machine gun MG-42 shot around 9 hours and claimed, that he had killed the most soldiers during WW2. He also said in an interview that he would have had a ?bad conscience“ if he would have left.
75年前，成千上万的年轻士兵在地堡中受伤或死亡。纳粹分子Heinrich Severloh对着MG-42机枪开了大约9个小时的枪，声称他在二战中杀死的士兵最多。他还在一次采访中说，如果他离开，他会感到“良心不安”。
I started to take my first panorama at 4 am – the same time when in 1944 thousands of boats appeared on the horizon, followed by thousands of airplanes. They started 2 hours long aerial and naval pre-landing bombardment to destroy the bunkers and to create massive craters in the sand where the soldiers could take cover. But they failed. Nothing was hit. When you see bunkers like WN62 and how well they are camouflaged and positioned – it’s so hard to imagine what it takes to land successfully on that beach and breakthrough that defense lines. You realize why there are almost 10.000 graves – just a few meters away.
我在凌晨4点开始拍摄我的第一张全景照片——与此同时，在1944年，数千艘船出现在地平线上，随后是数千架飞机。他们开始了长达2小时的空中和海上的着陆前轰炸，摧毁了掩体，并在沙地上创建了巨大的弹坑，士兵们可以在那里藏身。但他们失败了。没有被击中。当你看到像WN62这样的掩体，以及它们的伪装和定位有多好，很难想象需要什么才能成功地降落在海滩上，突破防线。你知道为什么在几米远的地方就有10000个坟墓。
Tribute medic jeep
While I was standing at the beach with my camera in my hand and the tears in my eyes – more and more people arrived – French, British, Americans – somewhere wearing original uniforms from WW2 – some had flowers. Many reenactors showed up. I saw a medic jeep driving along the beach. I took two photos which I really like. Then, I joined all those people walking along the beach towards Vierville.
当我站在海滩上，手里拿着相机，眼里噙着泪水的时候，来了越来越多的人——法国人、英国人、美国人——在某个地方穿着二战时期的军装——有些人还带着鲜花。许多重演者出现了。我看见一辆医生吉普车沿着海滩行驶。我拍了两张我非常喜欢的照片。然后，我加入了那些沿着海滩走向维尔维尔的人们。
H-Hour ceremony
I was very late to see the official H-Hour memorial event at Vierville-Sur-Mer but I recognized a group of reenactors at the beach who had their own little ceremony and I asked to join them and take a few pictures. The light and colors were very beautiful and I was lucky to get some nice photos of that group.
我很晚才参加了在维尔维尔市举行的官方纪念活动，但我认出了海滩上的一群演员，他们也有自己的小仪式，于是我请求加入他们，拍几张照片。灯光和颜色都很漂亮，我很幸运地拍到了这组照片。
The golden light from the low rising sun was epic and everything had a pathetic touch. Even the light on the cliffs far away in the background was just mindblowing. From time to time some helicopters were flying above. But besides the roar of the helicopters and the noise of the waves, everything was still quiet and reverent. What a moment. What a day to be a photographer!
夕阳的金光是史诗般的，一切都有一种悲凉的触感。甚至远处悬崖上的灯光也令人心旷神怡。不时有几架直升飞机在上空飞行。但是除了直升机的轰鸣声和海浪的声音外，一切都是安静而肃然起敬的。一个时刻。今天是摄影师的好日子!
See you in Paris
I followed the parade back to St. Laurent. Meanwhile, the vehicles had turned around and came back which was my chance of taking some less chaotic photos with a nice Omaha Beach background. That was really cool and I still was happy about everyone who waved their arms back.
我跟着游行队伍回到圣洛朗。与此同时，车已经掉头回来了，这是我拍一些不那么混乱的照片的机会，有一个漂亮的奥马哈海滩背景。这真的很酷，我仍然很高兴看到每个人都挥手回应。

Paddling through time

The mood at the beach had completely changed into a mix of tourist spectacle and usual beach-day atmosphere and so I was interested in leaving.
海滩上的气氛完全变了，既有旅游景观，又有平常的海滨气氛，所以我很想离开。
Krauts
Krauts doing Kraut things.
德国人在做德国人的事。
First American cemetery


That’s the whole story for many people of the landing on the beaches of Normandy – from the shaken, disorientated landing boats across the long and deadly beaches, up that fortified shores where now is a huge and beautiful cemetery.
这就是登陆诺曼底海滩的许多人的全部经历——从摇晃的、迷失方向的登陆艇穿过漫长而致命的海滩，到如今已成为巨大而美丽的墓地的加固海岸。
To end my documentary – I will quote a sentence which is written inside the little chapel in the center of the cemetery: ?Think not only upon their passing – Remember the glory of their spirit“.
在我的纪录片的结尾，我将引用墓地中心小教堂里写的一句话:“不仅要想到他们的逝去，还要记住他们精神的荣耀。”
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