German woman, 102, gets doctorate – 77 years after Nazis stopped her first attempt

A German woman has officially passed her doctorate aged 102, after the Nazi government refused to let her sit her final exams the first time round. Neonatal expert Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport became probably the oldest person in the world to get their PhD, after the University of Hamburg awarded her the title on Wednesday – 77 years after finishing her thesis. Dr Rapoport was born in Berlin to a Jewish mother, famous pianist Maria Syllm.
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