Artists' sand silhouettes depict war dead from Normandy invasion

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Credit: Jaime Wardley/Sand in Your Eye

The art installation called The Fallen, created by Sand In Your Eye, was setup recently on Arromanches Beach, Normandy, France, to depict the bodies of the 9,000 soldiers and civilians who lost their lives during the Allied assault on Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944.

PRI's The World
Producer David Leveille
September 25, 2013 · 2:45 PM EDT

Gold Beach was the code name used in World War II for one of the places where Alllied troops landed on D-Day, the June 6, 1944 invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

So we're talking a beach along the northwestern coast of France.

And if you can name it, you'll also be interested to hear what happened there the other day.

A team of artists went to work there to honor the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers who lost their lives on this beach during the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.

http://pri.org/stories/2013-09-25/artists-sand-silhouettes-depict-war-dead-normandy-invasion

5:50 audio at link.



http://thefallen9000.info/

http://www.sandsculptureice.co.uk/

[FredStembottom]

1. Brilliant!

Powerful for being so simple.