Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories
As one of the foremost European thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud is considered the father of psychoanalysis: a pioneering treatment for psychopathology (the study of mental disorders) that required a dialogue between the physician and the patient, rather than mere observation.
As a man of Jewish heritage, Freud’s theories were particularly abhorrent to the Nazis. They apparently ran contrary to the Nazi mindset of discipline and order, and Freud’s
