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Her grandfather drove trains to Auschwitz. My great-grandmother was murdered there

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Cornelia Stieler is the granddaughter of a man who drove Jews to their death.

Her grandfather drove trains to Auschwitz , commuting between death camps.

Her great-grandmother was tortured, gassed and murdered in Auschwitz .

Cornelia says some Germans in Schönwald , Germany , have reacted angrily to her research.

Germany prides itself on its Erinnerungskultur , or culture of remembrance.

But many Germans see that as the job of state and government.

Study by Bielefeld University found that a third of Germans believed their family members helped save Jews during the Holocaust .

On the ground in Bojków , 80 years after the death march, things are changing.

VR Score

76

Informative language

73

Neutral language

66

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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