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Richard Friedländer
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german jewish merchant”. Today it says “german jewish merchant and holocaust victim”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Richard Friedländer (deceased 1938 at KZ Buchenwald), stepfather of Magda Goebbels”. It now reads “German Jewish merchant and Holocaust victim (1881–1939) Richard Friedländer (deceased 1939 at KZ Buchenwald), stepfather of Magda Goebbels”.
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Richard Friedländer (deceased 1939 at KZ Buchenwald), stepfather of Magda Goebbels Richard Friedländer (15 February 1881 in Berlin – 18 February 1939 at Buchenwald concentration camp ) was a German Jewish merchant and Holocaust victim. "Totenbuch - KZ Buchenwald" . totenbuch.buchenwald.de .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german jewish merchant”. Today it says “german jewish merchant and holocaust victim”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Richard Friedländer (deceased 1938 at KZ Buchenwald), stepfather of Magda Goebbels”. It now reads “German Jewish merchant and Holocaust victim (1881–1939) Richard Friedländer (deceased 1939 at KZ Buchenwald), stepfather of Magda Goebbels”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
german jewish merchant
Now
german jewish merchant and holocaust victim
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