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D-Day auf Deutsch

Maik Kschischo, Bonn / ggJune 5, 2014

D-Day holds a mythic significance for members of the Allied nations who took part in the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted, on June 6, 1944. This year, on the 70th anniversary, thousands flocked to Normandy to commemorate the event. But how do Germans feel about that day?

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Thousands of visitors flocked to the beaches and villages of Normandy this week for the 70th anniversary of D-Day. World leaders and dignitaries were also there to take part in ceremonies honoring the more than 160,000 Allied soldiers who, on June 6 1944, took part in the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted.

On that day alone, at least 12,000 Allied soldiers died. But the invasion provided an important foothold in Nazi-occupied Western Europe and contributed to the Allied victory in World War II.

Seventy years on, D-Day remains a mythically charged event for those Allied nations. But how do Germans feel about that day? Maik Kschischo, 44, was born and raised in communist East Germany. He tells us what D-Day means to him, in a postcard voiced by Gerd Georgii.