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This paper is based on two letters, which were unknown until now. They are related to a visit by Ernst Brücke's great-grandson, Franz Brücke , to Sigmund Freud on 27 September 1932. They demonstrate Freud's attitude towards his adored former teacher. The two documents only exist as photocopies owned by Prof. Dr. Thomas Brücke (Vienna), the son of Franz Brücke.1 The originals are neither in the possession of the family nor in the relevant institutions. That the letters are authentic is partly evident from their content, but Franz Brücke spoke repeatedly about both the visit to and the letter from Freud. He was a renowned university lecturer and the head of the pharmacological institute of the University of Vienna (in the same building in which Ernst Brücke had taught).2 The most likely explanation for the loss of the original letters is that they were lost after the early death of Prof. Franz Brücke. It is unclear why copies were made, but it might be an expression of the high esteem in which the recipient of the letters held them.
This paper has been translated by Dr. Ursula Haug.