Freud House

Sigmund Freud arrived in London from Vienna in 1938, fleeing the Nazis.  He lived only one year in London, dying in 1939 at the age of 83 years, just weeks after the launch of WWII.  Four of his five sisters that he left behind in Vienna were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Today we toured the impressive West Hampstead house where the founder of psychoanalysis lived and died.  It's a spacious and hospitable home, with a lovely private back garden. Freud had a lot of his books, art and furniture brought to London and the rooms were made to resemble his apartment in Vienna.  In his office is the famous couch where all who underwent psychoanalysis reclined, as well as the day bed upon which he died.  Freud's youngest child, his daughter Anna, also a psychoanalyst, stayed on at the property with her partner Dorothy for 40 years.  Anna Freud, famous in her own right, passed away in 1982 and bequeathed the house for use as a museum dedicated to her famous father and his family. 

Portrait of Freud, 1914

Furniture brought to London from Vienna

Wedding portrait of Sigmund
and Martha Freud, 1886

Freud's coat & umbrella

Freud's collection of antiquities

Freud's desk, to the right of the day bed

Freud's business card and his eyeglasses.

The famous psychoanalysis sofa!  Freud would sit
behind the head of the patient, out of sight, on
the green chair.

Freud's unique desk chair, personally designed for him

Bust of Freud, and his extensive library behind

Portrait of Freud, by Salvador Dali

Photo of Freud, 1938

Anna Freud's writing table

Anna Freud's Psychoanalytic Couch
Marilyn Monroe received psychoanalysis on this couch in 1956

The mid-landing where Anna liked to read
and do needlework

Parochial Chest

Anna's briefcase

British Red Cross nurse's uniform, 1915 

Freud family tree.  Interesting tidbit - Edward Bernays,
infamous pioneer in the fields of PR and propaganda,
was Sigmund's nephew.

A personal letter from Anna Freud to an aspiring psychoanalyst.

In the gift shop.

Back of the house.

Front yard.

A pedestrian way in Hampstead.

Dinner at a Hampstead Thai eatery.