Deluged by messages from the entire world, with the conspicuous exception of Germany, Dr. Sigmund Freud today quietly spent his eightieth birthday at his home here.
A small group of eminent personalities visited the world-famous creator of psychoanalysis and conveyed to him personally their congratulations.
Vienna newspapers, with the exception of the anti-Semitic and semiofficial Reichspost, published long articles on Dr. Freud and his work. The Wiener Zeitung in an editorial declared that “Vienna and Austria have good cause to be proud of Freud, who converted Vienna into a center of psychological research, and to thank him for his great services to science and to the country.”
Dr. Freud’s health was reported satisfactory and he is continuing with his daily routine as usual.
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