http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nazi-injustice-righted-102-year-old-will-finally-get-ph-n360541
The above article is about Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, a german woman who just received her Phd. What makes this story amazing is that she is 102 years old. She originally attempted to get her Phd in 1938, but having Jewish heritage, and living in Nazi controlled Germany, she was refused her Phd due to being categorized as a "first degree crossbreed" under Hitler's "race laws". She moved to the United States, and eventually to East Berlin, where she spent the rest of her career as a doctor. Now, in 2015, seventy years after the fall of the third reich, Ms. Syllm-Rapoport was finally able to take her thesis test. The Book Thief does an amazing job describing the perils of jewish people under the rule of hitler, but cases such as this show the real extent of the discrimination during WWII. This woman, who was doing much needed work, was refused the opportunities that she deserved because she was born of a jewish parent. When people think of the atrocities committed during this time, most tend not to realize their true scale. Although she was finally able to receive this great honour, it is a stark reminder that many were not able to receive any sort of compensation for the trials they faced.
The above article is about Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, a german woman who just received her Phd. What makes this story amazing is that she is 102 years old. She originally attempted to get her Phd in 1938, but having Jewish heritage, and living in Nazi controlled Germany, she was refused her Phd due to being categorized as a "first degree crossbreed" under Hitler's "race laws". She moved to the United States, and eventually to East Berlin, where she spent the rest of her career as a doctor. Now, in 2015, seventy years after the fall of the third reich, Ms. Syllm-Rapoport was finally able to take her thesis test. The Book Thief does an amazing job describing the perils of jewish people under the rule of hitler, but cases such as this show the real extent of the discrimination during WWII. This woman, who was doing much needed work, was refused the opportunities that she deserved because she was born of a jewish parent. When people think of the atrocities committed during this time, most tend not to realize their true scale. Although she was finally able to receive this great honour, it is a stark reminder that many were not able to receive any sort of compensation for the trials they faced.