An Austro-German heiress, Marlene Engelhorn, who lives in Vienna, is setting up a citizens' group as part of a plan to give away $27.4 million of her inheritance.Engelhorn believes the inherited wealth that she obtained without personal effort, deserves scrutiny and redistribution among her fellow Austrians. She once described it as simply getting lucky in a 'birth lottery.'Engelhorn, a descendant of BASF pharmaceuticals founder Friedrich Engelhorn, expressed dissatisfaction with the absence of inheritance tax in Austria following its abolition in 2008 and views the current situation as unfair.
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