Defending Our Future. Protecting Our Past.
the dialogue of civilizations
THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS
Register now for The Dialogue of Civilizations on October 2, 2023 at Holy Blossom Temple at 7:00 p.m. @ 1950 Bathurst Street
saving Freud
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In March 1938, German soldiers crossed the border into Austria and Hitler absorbed the country into the Third Reich. Anticipating these events, many Jews had fled Austria, but the most famous Austrian Jew remained in Vienna, where he had lived since early childhood. Sigmund Freud was eighty-one years old, ill with cancer, and still unconvinced that his life was in danger.
But several prominent people close to Freud thought otherwise, and they began a coordinated effort to persuade Freud to leave his beloved Vienna and emigrate to England. The group included a Welsh physician, Napoleon’s great-grandniece, an American ambassador, Freud’s devoted youngest daughter Anna, and his personal doctor.
