Sample Project
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Created by Bonnie Drumwright, Ph.D. ~ Spring 2002
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There are lots of ways to answer this question, however, I chose to answer it in a way that reflects the heart of the man. They say, "home is where the heart is" so I will take you on a tour of Freud's home and show you some of the things he cared about. Perhaps, by taking this tour, you will have a better idea of who he was and how this is reflected in his theories.
Many of the pictures you are about to see were taken in May 1938 at Freud's home in Vienna. Freud was 82 at the time of the photographs. He lived at Berghasse 19 for 47 years of his life. These photos were taken by Edmund Engelman (1981), who literally risked his life to capture Freud's world at a very dramatic point in history. The Nazi's invaded Vienna on March 11, 1938. As the head of the Psychoanalytic Movement, a Jew and a free thinker, Freud was on the Nazi's liquidation list.
Photographer, Edmund Engelman described how he was both "excited and afraid" (Engelman, 1981, p 131) as he walked the empty streets of Vienna on his way to Freud's home early one rainy morning in May. His fear resulted in his decision not to set up lights for the photographs as this might attract the attention of the SS. Two weeks after these pictures were taken, Freud and his immediate family escaped Nazi occupied Austria and fled to England where he would "die in freedom" one year later. Although, Freud and his immediate family escaped Austria with the assistance of Princess Marie Bonaparte, his four sisters were not so lucky. They all perished in the Holocaust.
Enter Freud's home by clicking his door below. The sign on the door reads: "PROF. Dr. Freud, 3-4" - his visiting hours if you were a student.
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