Freud was born on May 6, 1856 in Freiberg, Maravia. His real name was Sigismund Schlomo Freud. His father’s name was Jakob. Jakob worked as a wool merchant. He has two children from his previous marriage. Freud’s mother was named Amalia. Amalia was twenty years younger than her husband. Freud was her first child. Freud was Amalia’s favorite child. She called him her “Golden Siggie”. Freud himself once said, “I have found that people who know that they are preferred or favored by their mothers give evidence in their lives of a peculiar self-reliance and an unshakable optimism which often bring actual success to their possessors.” Five years after Freud graduated college, he married Martha Bernays. By 1889, Sigmund had two kids. Mathilda was born in 1881, while his son Jean Martin was born in 1889. By 1895, Freud had four more kids. A year after his 6th kid, Sigmund’s father, Jakob, passed away …show more content…
Now, I understand you may not have heard about Sigmund Freud, but everyone should be aware of who Albert Einstein was. Einstein and Freud corresponded about peace and war. It was published in a pamphlet called “Why War?” After Hitler rose to power, the pamphlet appeared. Einstein and Freud had many things in common. They both created scientific revolutions in their field of work. They were both German-speaking Jews. They met in 1927 when Freud visited Berlin. Freud actually said, “Einstein understands as much about psychology as I do about physics.” Einstein actually did not believe in psychoanalysis, but the two men got along well when they were speaking of politics and avoiding their actual