Rapoport was denied by the Nazis from sitting for her last, most decisive test very nearly 80 years ago.

A 102-year-old German woman Ingeborg Rapoport (nee Syllm) will be the older person ever to receive a doctorate when she gets awarded today, Tuesday June 9, 2015.

Rapoport was denied by the Nazis from sitting for her final exam almost 80 years ago. Because of the Nazis and their anti-Semitic belief she was stopped from finishing her medical studies and her thesis on diphtheria. Ingeborg Rapoport's mother was a Jewish pianist.

She couldn't defend her thesis. Back then she wrote for a confirmation from Hamburg University, but was told that "if the applicable laws did not prohibit Ms Syllm's admission to the doctoral exam due to her ancestry."

The University has now made amends. Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty visited Rapoport in east Berlin to find out if she was still knowledgeable about her work.

After their session, the professors said she will be awarded with her PhD today, June 9, 2015. It will take place at (Read)


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she luks healthy

Congrats. Grand ma I hope Guinness world book of records will note this great achievement.

Wow! Kudos to her. Learning stops in the grave.

If that's her recent pix, she looks good for a woman above 100