ENCORE: Inge Rapoport earns doctorate at age 102, after Nazis denied degree
This year, she's 103 years old, but last summer, the German physician made history. At the age of 102, she became the oldest person in Europe ever to be granted a medical degree. It came 77 years after the Nazis denied it to her.
"They Googled for me," says Rapoport, describing study methods for her medical degree.
It's a remarkable story, her atonement of sorts, so many years in the making.
And it holds a special significance for Jerusalem-based journalist Irris Makler, as she explains in her documentary, The 102 year old woman who crammed for her doctorate.
The Current's documentary editor is Joan Webber.
Our colleagues at As It Happens spoke to Rapoport about the difficulties of studying in Nazi Germany and why the University of Hamburg medical school helped her finish her degree.
Here is that conversation with host Carol Off:
Listen to the full conversation at the top of this post.
RELATED LINKS
• Ingeborg Rapoport: Recipient of Doctorate After Nazi Injustice - WSJ
• The Nazis stopped her. For a while. - PRI