Gabriele Lesser

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Gabriele Lesser (born May 16, 1960) is a German left-wing political activist and journalist, who specializes in the history of World War II.

As Warsaw correspondent of ultra left-wing daily die tageszeitung (Berlin), she wrote commentary criticizing an initiative of German Federation of Expellees (BdV) to build a monumental Centre Against Expulsions, devoted to German victims of WWII. That initiative, advanced by BdV president Erika Steinbach, caused fierce controversy among the Central European public. Lesser also accused Steinbach of having "destructive influence" on Polish-German relations.

Recently, the Bund der Vertriebenen sued Gabriele Lesser for defamations, and largely won the case. An article by Gabriele Lesser was withdrawn by the newspaper which printed it, and the newspaper apologized to the Bund der Vertriebenen.