27 Facts About Anna Freud

Anna Freud was born in Vienna, the sixth and youngest child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays.

Anna Freud followed the path of her father and contributed to the field of psychoanalysis.

Anna Freud was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, on 3 December 1895.

Anna Freud was the youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays.

Anna Freud was repeatedly sent to health farms for "thorough rest, salutary walks, and some extra pounds to fill out her all-too-slender shape".

Anna Freud was a lively child with a reputation for mischief.

Anna Freud shared these concerns in correspondence with her father, whose writings she had begun reading.

Anna Freud acted as his secretary and spokesperson, notably at the bi-annual congresses of the International Psychoanalytical Association, which Freud was unable to attend after 1922.

At the outset of her psychoanalytic practice, Anna Freud found an important friend and mentor in the person of her father's friend and colleague, Lou Andreas-Salome.

In 1922 Anna Freud presented her paper "Beating Fantasies and Daydreams" to the Vienna Psychoanalytical Society and became a member of the society.

The objective was to provide a psychoanalytically informed education and Anna Freud contributed to the teaching.

Anna Freud became heavily involved in the care of eight year old Ernst and considered adoption.

Anna Freud was dissuaded by her father over concerns for his wife's health.

Anna Freud made regular trips to Hamburg for analytical work with Ernst who was in the care of his father's extended family.

Anna Freud arranged Ernst's transfer to a school more appropriate to his needs, provided respite for her brother-in-law's family and arranged for him to join the Freud-Burlingham extended family for their summer holidays.

Ernst went into the foster care of Eva Rosenfeld, attended the Hietzing school and became part of the Anna Freud-Burlingham extended family.

From 1925 until 1934, Anna Freud was the Secretary of the International Psychoanalytical Association while she continued her child analysis practice and contributed to seminars and conferences on the subject.

In 1938, following the Anschluss in which Nazi Germany occupied Austria, Anna Freud was taken to Gestapo headquarters in Vienna for questioning on the activities of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

Anna Freud opposed any such equivalence, proposing an educative intervention with the child until an appropriate level of ego development was reached at the Oedipal stage.

Anna Freud used her visits to raise funds for the expanding work of the Hampstead Clinic and was able to secure funding from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Anna Freud had further distress following the deaths of her partner Dorothy Burlingham's eldest son and daughter, both of whom had had extensive period of analysis with her as children in Vienna and as adults in London.

Anna Freud was naturalised as a British subject on 22 July 1946.

Anna Freud was elected as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959 and in 1973 she was made an Honorary President of the International Psychoanalytic Association.

Anna Freud was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium and her ashes placed in the "Freud Corner" next to her parents' ancient Greek funeral urn.

In 1986 her London home of forty years was transformed, according to her wishes, into the Anna Freud Museum, dedicated to the memory of her father.

In 2002 Anna Freud was honoured with a blue plaque, by English Heritage, at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead in London, her home between 1938 and 1982.

Anna Freud was a prolific writer, contributing articles on psychoanalysis to many different publications throughout her lifetime.