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Why is it that these little beings are so charming? We have learnt much about them which does not correspond to our ideals and have to regard them as little animals, but of course animals are also charming and far more attractive than complicated, multi-storied people. I am experiencing this now with our Wolf who almost replaces the lost Heinerle.
In addition to being one of Sigmund Freud's last training analysands, Jeanne Lample-de Groot is a significant figure in the history of child analysis, the development of the Dutch Psychoanalytic Society, and the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). The editor Gertie Bögels was supervised by Dr. Lampl-de Groot, and this volume represents a labor of love with Dr. Lampl-de Groot's daughter, Edith Berkovits-Lampl, and son-in-law, Robert Berkovits-Lampl, who shared family letters
On October 15, 1926, Freud said of Heinerle (the son of Sophie Halberstadt-Freud, who died in the influenza epidemic on January 25, 1920, while Heinerle died in 1923 of miliary tuberculosis) to Ludwig Binswanger, “For me, that child took the place of all my children and other grandchildren, and since then, since Heinerle's death, I have no longer cared for my grandchildren, but find no enjoyment in life either. This is also the secret of my indifference–it has been called courage–towards the threat to my own life.” On March 11, 1928, he returned to the subject in a letter to Ernest Jones: “Sophie was a dear daughter, to be sure, but not a child. It was only three years later, in June 1923, when little Heinerle died, that I became tired of life permanently. Quite remarkably, there is a correspondence between him and your little one. He too was of superior intelligence and unspeakable spiritual grace, and he spoke repeatedly about dying soon. How do these children know?”
Justine Kalas Reeves. Contemporary Freudian Society, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20008
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On October 15, 1926, Freud said of Heinerle (the son of Sophie Halberstadt-Freud, who died in the influenza epidemic on January 25, 1920, while Heinerle died in 1923 of miliary tuberculosis) to Ludwig Binswanger, “For me, that child took the place of all my children and other grandchildren, and since then, since Heinerle's death, I have no longer cared for my grandchildren, but find no enjoyment in life either. This is also the secret of my indifference–it has been called courage–towards the threat to my own life.” On March 11, 1928, he returned to the subject in a letter to Ernest Jones: “Sophie was a dear daughter, to be sure, but not a child. It was only three years later, in June 1923, when little Heinerle died, that I became tired of life permanently. Quite remarkably, there is a correspondence between him and your little one. He too was of superior intelligence and unspeakable spiritual grace, and he spoke repeatedly about dying soon. How do these children know?”
Justine Kalas Reeves. Contemporary Freudian Society, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20008
Ema