Original sentence: Erika Steinbach (born July 25, 1943 as Erika Hermann) is a German politician.She has also been president of the Federation of Expellees since 1998 (succeeding Fritz Wittmann), and besides that is a member of the board of the Goethe-Institut, the national broadcasting company ZDF, and the Landsmannschaft Westpreußen, as well as the national board of her party (since 2000).She is the chairwoman (jointly with Peter Glotz) of the newly founded Centre Against Expulsions (Zentrum gegen Vertreibungen).She was born in the village of what is now Rumia in Poland (then Rahmel in Danzig-West Prussia, which had recently been reannexed to Germany after 19 years of Polish rule).Wrocław (Breslau)
Edited sentence: Erika Steinbach (born July 25, 1943 as Erika Hermann) is a controversial German politician.She has also been president of the Federation of Expellees since 1998 (succeeding Fritz Wittmann), and besides that is a member of the board of the Goethe-Institut, the national broadcasting company ZDF, and the Landsmannschaft Westpreußen.She is the chairwoman of the newly founded Centre Against Expulsions (Zentrum gegen Vertreibungen).She was born in the village of Rumia in Nazi occupied Poland