ALS in German, signed “With familial greetings, Yours, Freud,” one page, 9 x 11.25, personal "Prof. Dr. Freud" letterhead, January 10, 1937. Handwritten letter to Dr. Rudolf Kallir-Nirenstein in Prague, in full (translated): "Thank you for sending me the genealogical tree and for your comments. I am finding a large number of respectable persons in there, of whom I had known very little. I only remember Horace Landau, as my mother occasionally spoke of him. I am able to discern my grandfather only in the person whose name, according to the genealogical tree, is Jokel, son of Herz N. The way I remember it, his name was Jakob. The notes about him do not appear to be reliable or complete. The following were listed as his children: Judek, deceased at a young age, Aaron, Herz in Odessa, and Hudel, who would have to be my mother. My mother's name, however, was Malke [sic] (Amalia). Judek is identical with Julius, but he was the youngest. Aaron is the same as Adolf, Herz the same as Hermann, who died in Odessa. There is no mention of an uncle named Nathan." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Freud's own hand.
Sigmund Freud was born to Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Příbor, which was part of the Austrian Empire and is now in the Czech Republic. His father, Jakob Freud, was a wool merchant, and his mother, Amalia Malka Nathansohn Freud, was Jakob's third wife and 20 years younger. Freud's family roots were deeply embedded in Jewish culture and traditions, which influenced his intellectual development and personal identity.
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