BIOGRAPHY

Rentel was born in the Russian Empire, present-day Lithuania, on 19 May 1852. She died in North Rhine-Westphalia, in what was then West Germany, on 19 September 1962 at the age of 110 years, 123 days.

RECOGNITION

Rentel was the oldest living person in Europe and the second-oldest in the world, after Mary Kelly (1851 – 1964).

Rentel’s age was verified by Stefan Jamin and Thomas Breining, and was validated by the GRG on 2 June 2009.

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