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Freud's Later Life and Death

Freud continued to live in Vienna well into his later years. In the mid 1930's the Nazi's seized control over Freud's hometown. Freud, being jewish, was subjected to the atrocities that took place in Nazi occupied Austria. The Nazi's quickly destroyed all of Freud's works so as to stop the widespread use of his studies and theories. Freud was quoted as saying, "What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books." Freud was able to escape Austria and settle in Britain. Freud would live out the remainder of his days there.

Freud was a heavy cigar smoker and was subject to more than thirty operations to relieve him of oral cancer. In September 1939, he asked his doctor and longtime friend to assis him in committing suicide. Freud's doctor administered three doses of morphine over several hours which resulted in Freud's death on September 23,1939. Three days later Freud's body was cremated and his remains were left in the posession of Golders Green Crematorium.

Freud's left behind and remarkable and enduring legacy. The work he had completed and the theories he had established paved the way for a deeper understanding of the mind.

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