The Army Officer Training School in Dresden bid farewell to almost 700 soldiers from the current officer training course against the backdrop of the historic old town. At the end of the four and a half months of training, the participants were honored with a public roll call on Theaterplatz between the Semper Opera, Zwinger and Residenzschloss palaces.
Lieutenant Katharina Beck was honored with the Erwin von Witzleben Prize, named after a resistance fighter in the Second World War, for her outstanding attitude and exemplary performance. She has impressed professionally, intellectually and as a person, said Willer. Beck had returned from Finland to Germany in 2022 at the beginning of the Russian war of aggression to become a soldier.
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