Veit Wagner: Vorkämpfer für Menschenrechte feiert 80. Geburtstag

Sein Engagement für Menschenrechte ist vor fünf Jahren mit dem Bundesverdienstkreuz belohnt worden. Nun feierte Veit Wagner, Mitbegründer von "Amnesty Weiden" und "Weiden ist bunt", seinen 80. Geburtstag.

von Lisa Sebald

Veit Wagner feierte in diesem Jahr seinen 80. Geburtstag.

Archivbild: Petra Hartl

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