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Germany's oldest student, 102, gets PhD denied by Nazis
Ingeborg Rapoport (then Syllm) finished her medical studies in 1937 and wrote her doctoral thesis on diphtheria – a serious problem in Germany at the time. But because of Nazi oppression she has had to wait almost eight decades before being awarded her PhD. Her mother was a Jewish pianist. So, under Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic race laws, Ingeborg was refused entry to the final oral exam. She had written confirmation from Hamburg University that she would have received her doctorate “if the applicable laws did not prohibit Ms. Syllm's admission to the doctoral exam due to her ancestry”.
'For the victims'
Now the university has set right that wrong. Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month to Ingeborg's sitting room in East Berlin to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany. They were impressed and a special ceremony took place at Hamburg University Medical Centre on Tuesday, in which she finally received the PhD that the Nazis stole from her. “It was about the principle”, she said. “I didn't want to defend my thesis for my own sake. After all, at the age of 102 all of this wasn´t exactly easy for me. I did it for the victims [of the Nazis]”. To prepare for last month's exam, Ingeborg enlisted friends to help her research online what developments there had been in the field of diphtheria over the last 80 years.
In 1938, as Germany became an increasingly dangerous place for Jews, Ingeborg fled to the US where she went back to university, finally to qualify as a doctor. Within a few years she met her husband, the biochemist Samuel Mitja Rapoport, who was himself a Jewish refugee from Vienna.
Infant mortality
But, by the 1950s, Ingeborg suddenly found herself once again on the wrong side of the authorities. The McCarthy anticommunist trials meant that Ingeborg and her husband were at risk because of their left-wing views. So they fled again – back to Germany. This time Ingeborg Rapoport went to communist East Berlin, where she worked as a paediatrician. Eventually she became a paediatrics professor, holding Europe's first chair in neonatal medicine, at the renowned Charite Hospital in East Berlin. She was given a national prize for her work in dramatically reducing infant mortality in East Germany. But for all her achievements, winning back at the age of 102 the doctorate stolen from her by the Nazis must rank among her most impressive.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33048927)
Germany's oldest student, 102, gets PhD denied by Nazis
Ingeborg Rapoport (then Syllm) finished her medical studies in 1937 and wrote her doctoral thesis on diphtheria – a serious problem in Germany at the time. But because of Nazi oppression she has had to wait almost eight decades before being awarded her PhD. Her mother was a Jewish pianist. So, under Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic race laws, Ingeborg was refused entry to the final oral exam. She had written confirmation from Hamburg University that she would have received her doctorate “if the applicable laws did not prohibit Ms. Syllm's admission to the doctoral exam due to her ancestry”.
'For the victims'
Now the university has set right that wrong. Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month to Ingeborg's sitting room in East Berlin to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany. They were impressed and a special ceremony took place at Hamburg University Medical Centre on Tuesday, in which she finally received the PhD that the Nazis stole from her. “It was about the principle”, she said. “I didn't want to defend my thesis for my own sake. After all, at the age of 102 all of this wasn´t exactly easy for me. I did it for the victims [of the Nazis]”. To prepare for last month's exam, Ingeborg enlisted friends to help her research online what developments there had been in the field of diphtheria over the last 80 years.
In 1938, as Germany became an increasingly dangerous place for Jews, Ingeborg fled to the US where she went back to university, finally to qualify as a doctor. Within a few years she met her husband, the biochemist Samuel Mitja Rapoport, who was himself a Jewish refugee from Vienna.
Infant mortality
But, by the 1950s, Ingeborg suddenly found herself once again on the wrong side of the authorities. The McCarthy anticommunist trials meant that Ingeborg and her husband were at risk because of their left-wing views. So they fled again – back to Germany. This time Ingeborg Rapoport went to communist East Berlin, where she worked as a paediatrician. Eventually she became a paediatrics professor, holding Europe's first chair in neonatal medicine, at the renowned Charite Hospital in East Berlin. She was given a national prize for her work in dramatically reducing infant mortality in East Germany. But for all her achievements, winning back at the age of 102 the doctorate stolen from her by the Nazis must rank among her most impressive.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33048927)
Germany's oldest student, 102, gets PhD denied by Nazis
Ingeborg Rapoport (then Syllm) finished her medical studies in 1937 and wrote her doctoral thesis on diphtheria – a serious problem in Germany at the time. But because of Nazi oppression she has had to wait almost eight decades before being awarded her PhD. Her mother was a Jewish pianist. So, under Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic race laws, Ingeborg was refused entry to the final oral exam. She had written confirmation from Hamburg University that she would have received her doctorate “if the applicable laws did not prohibit Ms. Syllm's admission to the doctoral exam due to her ancestry”.
'For the victims'
Now the university has set right that wrong. Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty travelled last month to Ingeborg's sitting room in East Berlin to test her on the work she carried out in pre-war Germany. They were impressed and a special ceremony took place at Hamburg University Medical Centre on Tuesday, in which she finally received the PhD that the Nazis stole from her. “It was about the principle”, she said. “I didn't want to defend my thesis for my own sake. After all, at the age of 102 all of this wasn´t exactly easy for me. I did it for the victims [of the Nazis]”. To prepare for last month's exam, Ingeborg enlisted friends to help her research online what developments there had been in the field of diphtheria over the last 80 years.
In 1938, as Germany became an increasingly dangerous place for Jews, Ingeborg fled to the US where she went back to university, finally to qualify as a doctor. Within a few years she met her husband, the biochemist Samuel Mitja Rapoport, who was himself a Jewish refugee from Vienna.
Infant mortality
But, by the 1950s, Ingeborg suddenly found herself once again on the wrong side of the authorities. The McCarthy anticommunist trials meant that Ingeborg and her husband were at risk because of their left-wing views. So they fled again – back to Germany. This time Ingeborg Rapoport went to communist East Berlin, where she worked as a paediatrician. Eventually she became a paediatrics professor, holding Europe's first chair in neonatal medicine, at the renowned Charite Hospital in East Berlin. She was given a national prize for her work in dramatically reducing infant mortality in East Germany. But for all her achievements, winning back at the age of 102 the doctorate stolen from her by the Nazis must rank among her most impressive.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33048927)
1. Her maiden name was Syllm.
2. She emigrated to the USA without her PhD degree.
3. She wrote her thesis on diphtheria, a disease that needed attention back in the late thirties.
4. She wasn´t allowed to defend her doctoral thesis under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish.
5. She married an Austrian refugee before travelling to the USA.
Mark the correct alternative.
Based on the text, judge the following items.
The expressions “scrutinised” (l.7), “undertaking” (l.15) and
“comply with” (l.21) can be respectively replaced by probed,
setting about and conform to without this harming the text’s
coherence and meaning.
Based on the text, judge the following items.
In the excerpt “it takes place before an action is carried out”
(l. 38 and 39), the pronoun “it” refers to “anticipatory tool”
(l.38).
Judge the following items concerning the facts and ideas presented in the text.
The work of an environmental auditor is stopping procedures which do not conform to standards and regulations, an aim which he tries to reach by preparing reproachful reports based on facts and data.
Judge the following items concerning the facts and ideas presented in the text.
The difference between environmental auditing and
environmental impact assessment is nowadays clear for
those who work with auditing, be it in the financial field or in
the environmental one.
Judge the following items concerning the facts and ideas presented in the text.
The product of an environmental audit is a description of an
organisation’s relationship with the environment which should
not be taken as definitive and ultimate as the data analysed is
particular to a specific point in time.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the item below.
We are now closer to a world where children can have productive and rewarding lives.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the item below.
Student teachers should focus solely on the social and political aspects of teaching.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
In spite of the developments in the work on teacher reflection, there has been much confusion concerning the term reflection.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
Little guidance would be necessary on what concerns teachers' reflection.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the item below.
It can be said that, according to Donald Schon, reflective teacher education is not worthy of our support.
Internet: <www.scielo.br> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the item below.
Donald Schon has written The Reflective Practitioner.
Internet: <coursel .winona.edu> (adapted).
Judge the following item, according to the text.
Teachers should operate with a sense of plausibility.
Internet: <coursel .winona.edu> (adapted).
Judge the following item, according to the text.
Teaching can be defined as a set of procedures that guarantee learning.
Internet: <coursel .winona.edu> (adapted).
All teachers should look for the best method for language teaching.
Internet: <coursel .winona.edu> (adapted).
The best method should replace all other methods.
Internet: <tesl-ej.org> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge the item below.
The word “intertwined” (L.29) can be correctly replaced by interwoven.
Internet: <tesl-ej.org> (adapted).
language learning beliefs are stable and are based on individual differences.
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