Original sentence: As part of the same controversy, the Federation of Expellees and Erika Steinbach sued the German journalist Gabriele Lesser for defamation related to an article published on September 19, 2003, in the daily Kieler Nachrichten.As she was a daughter of German soldier, only stationed in Rahmel during the war, and escaped during an evacuation performed by German rather than Polish or Soviet authorities, Steinbach's status as an expellee, and allegedly hence her suitability to head the Federation of Expellees, has been questioned by Poles and remains somewhat controversial in Poland.Erika Steinbach (born July 25, 1943 as Erika Hermann) is a German politician.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).The Federation largely won the case against Lesser
Edited sentence: As part of the same controversy, Steinbach sued the German journalist Gabriele Lesser for defamation related to an article published on September 19, 2003, in the daily Kieler Nachrichten.As she was a daughter of German soldier, only stationed in Poland during the war, and escaped during an evacuation performed by Nazi rather than Polish authorities, Steinbach's status as an expellee, and hence her suitability to head the Federation of Expellees, has been questioned and remains somewhat controversial.Erika Steinbach (born July 25, 1943 as Erika Hermann) is a controversial  German politician.She was born in the village of Rumia in Nazi occupied Poland