Lenemarie Olsen takes us into the life of Martha Freud, wife of Sigmund Freud for 53 years, and the story of how the family's life changed under the Nazi occupation of Vienna. The evening looks at why Hitler saw Freud as such a personal enemy and how the couple managed to reach safety in London.
The talk draws on the couple's long engagement correspondence, which was kept sealed in the archives for years before it was opened and now gives a rare look into the marriage behind the founder of psychoanalysis. The evening is presented as a cultural café, with cakes inspired by Viennese cafés.
