Lot 168
Freud, Sigmund - Autograph Note Signed Mentioning Palestine (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Autograph note signed "Ihr ergebener Freud [Your devoted Freud]" at the bottom of a May 1936 printed acknowledgement in German of wishes received for his 80th birthday, 4½ x 6", no place. Freud adds two lines in German in his hand, "Ich wußte nicht das Sie in Palaestina sind [I did not know you are in Palestine]." Matted with a name plaque and an image of Freud and framed to an overall size of 15½ x 19¾". Fine condition.
After Hitler came to power on January 30, 1933, many German Jews saw the writing on the wall and emigrated, some 60,000 of them going to Palestine during the 1930s. On March 12, 1938, the Germans marched into Austria and on June 4, 1938, Freud and his family fled to London. Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
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