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Serie Grünes Band: Für Reinhold Balk wandelt sich die Grenze vom Berufs- zum Lebensthema

Sein Berufsleben verbringt Reinhold Balk an der Grenze. Mittlerweile ist der Eiserne Vorhang auf dem Grünen Band nur mehr auf den zweiten Blick zu erkennen: Für den früheren Grenzschützer ist er ein Lebensthema.

Grenzeinweisung von Angehörigen der US-Armee im Grenzinformationsraum der GSA Süd 5 Schwandorf. ca. 1983. Bild: GSA Süd 5 im Archiv Reinhold Balk
Grenzeinweisung von Angehörigen der US-Armee im Grenzinformationsraum der GSA Süd 5 Schwandorf. ca. 1983.

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