Border soldier

Border soldiers are soldiers who perform their service at a state border and actively contribute to securing state borders and territories . Border soldiers are increasingly being deployed in crisis areas and are given special training.

Today, for example, China , Syria and Russia (see border troops of Russia ) use specially trained soldiers for deployment at borders - whether their own or those of allies. During the time of the East-West conflict, the term border soldier was particularly common for border troops of the GDR on the inner-German border .

literature

• Richard Hebstreit: Grenzsoldat , paperback, 1st edition 2007, ISBN 3-939-99214-3 .
• Michael Dullau: Chronicle of the German-German border and the border troops of the GDR from 1945 to 1990 , foundation publisher "Deutsche Jugend eV", Schweinfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-9804687-3-4 , correct ISBN 978-3-9804678-3- 4 .
• Michael Dullau: Grenzland , Roman, 2nd edition 2005, ISBN 3-86611-017-0 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Grenzsoldat  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations