The Czech Republic has produced tons of composers, scientists, models, and many more; but perhaps the most famous Czech was one of the most unknown Czech products - Siegmund Freud. Known as the father of psychoanalysis, Freud was one of the most prestigious psychologists and social influencers of the 20th century. Some of his most well known ideas such as the Id, ego, and super-ego, the Oedipus complex, and the Seduction Theory are still widely taught and discussed internationally.
Despite being so publicly known for over a century now, there is still so much mystery in the origins of the enigmatic mortal that is Siegmund Freud. Before the Freud family moved to Vienna, Austria in , Siegmund the eldest of eight children was born and spent his first few years in a room his parents rented from the town blacksmith. This same building is still here today in present day Czech Republic and has since been decorated as one of three Freud Museums in Europe the others being in Vienna and London, U.
The Austrian Empire. This empire served as an amalgamation of the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. This empire was the second largest in Europe at the time and was a multinational monarchy that included current states like Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia and that's just to name a few! Freud took the plea of a longtime friend and colleague Welsh neurologist Ernest Jones for him and his family to seek exile in London.
Through the help of many friends abroad, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freud safely resided in London in , after leaving the love of his life, Vienna, at 82 years old. It was here where Freud would spend his last year, followed by his death in September He was survived by his six children and his wife of 53 years, Martha Bernays. It is not with any denial Freud had a deep love for Austria. But how deep was the love Austria carried for Freud?
A man who takes the nationality of another nation with great pride, only to be ousted out of its gates reminiscent of a fallen angel from the clouds of Heaven. From bankers to dealers to doctors, the Jewish community in Vienna had a presence that was undoubtedly significant. The saddest truth was that Vienna had a long history of anti-Semitic settlements ranging as far as the Middle Ages. There was a harsh truth that is unknown if Freud ever came to terms with; that is, that Vienna did not like Freud, and his love for Vienna blindsighted him.
Freud was not born in Vienna nor did he die in Vienna; yet his heart was so encaptured by the capital. Freud did not fit in Vienna - the Czech son of Galician Jews. Freud did not speak any Czech and only spent three years of his life there as an adolescent; does the Czech Republic have a connection to Freud?
In his birthplace of Pribor, the local government has named a street in his honor. In Prague, there has been a seven foot statue that hangs off of a five story building honoring the psychologist since In , Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams, a manual on his theory for dreams and how we interpret said dreams during our unconscious state.
Freud goes into detail to explain the two distinguishing factors for this concept: the manifest content , or what we remember within the dream, and the latent content , the abstract connotation of the dream. His wish-fulfillment could be that he is a Jewish Czech longing for acceptance within his assimilated community, willing to forget his heritage.
His manifest content could be the world-known prestige and experience of living in Vienna. The latent content could be the desire to be something great, but forgetting what you are and what it took to get there in the first place.
We can only interpret the hubris-stained cloak he wore to conceal his blood. It is possible that Freud is lost and will never find his motherland; however, there are plenty of ingenious and aspiring Czech psychologists, doctors, and scientists who wear their nation proudly who deserve recognition as well.
But to remind the world there are others with great minds who deserve recognition as well. Especially those who represent their motherland. About the Czech Center Museum Houston. Board of Directors. CCMH in the News. Please donate and help us to preserve the legacy of Sigmund and Anna Freud. Every gift, large or small, will help us build a bright future.
Blog Podcast. Sigmund Freud is often thought to have been Viennese, but he was actually born in what is now the Czech Republic. Comments Golnoush. August 11, Permalink Reply to this comment.
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