Hertwig-Weyers syndrome, which describes oligodactyly in humans as a result of radiation exposure, is named after her and her colleague, Helmut Weyers.

In 1921,[1] she was also appointed as an assistant to the Institute for heredity and breeding research of the Agricultural College, where she worked for Erwin Baur.

From 1937, she worked with the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and became a secretary of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Vererbungswissenschaft (German Society of Inheritance).

[3] In May 1945, she received a call to the Faculty of Medicine of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, where in 1948, she became professor of General Biology and Heredity.

[3] At the founding congress of the Democratic Women's League of Germany (DFD) in March 1947, she was elected a member of the Federal Executive Committee.

[6] In 1956, she was awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic and the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze,[7] and in 1959, the title of Outstanding Scientist of the People.

Hertwig-Weyers syndrome, which describes oligodactyly in humans as a result of radiation exposure, is named after her and her colleague, Helmut Weyers.