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Sigmund Freud: Persönliche Erinnerungen

Isidor Sadger · 1929

A 1929 German memoir by Isidor Sadger, a Viennese colleague who knew Freud personally, recounting his memories of him.

A firsthand memoir by Sadger, a colleague who personally knew Freud, offering a contemporary view of his character.

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What it is

This is a 1929 memoir titled Persönliche Erinnerungen (Personal Memories), written by Dr. Isidor Sadger, a Viennese psychoanalyst who knew Sigmund Freud. It was published in Vienna, Leipzig and Berlin.

Why it matters

Sadger was a contemporary colleague of Freud within the early psychoanalytic circle in Vienna, and his memoir offers a firsthand, personal account rather than a later historical summary. In his preface Sadger says he wants to show

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