How Freud Canonized Himself

On February 16, 1951, the psychoanalyst Kurt Eissler announced to Anna Freud the formation of the Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc.'s board of directors, which included, among others, Bertram Lewin (president), Ernest Jones, Heinz Hartmann, Willi Hoffer, Princess Marie Bonaparte (vice presidents), Ernst Kris, Herman Nunberg, and Siegfried Bernfeld (members). Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Anna Freud were honorary members. Eissler himself settled for the more modest position of secretary. Anna Freud was delighted.

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