Among Grenadiers (Swiss Stories 2022, by Ephraim Bieri) - Swiss Press Award
Ephraim Bieri
Ein Grenadier löscht seine Zigarette nach einer kurzen Pause vor den letzten Vorbereitungen zur bevorstehenden Nachtübung.
Das Magazin
Photo / Swiss Stories
2022
Ephraim Bieri
They work themselves to the bone, suffer great pain, and barely sleep. Switzerland's toughest and best soldiers are trained in the Ticino village of Isone: the Grenadiers. They are the only ones who, in an emergency, are deployed behind enemy lines. "Elenor" was the name of the final exercise of recruit training school 1/2021 in Isone. The attack on the enemy was prepared for over a week.
