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Rome1
13 September 1913
The Jew survives it!
Cordial greetings and Coraggio Kasimiro!2
Yours,
Freud
Picture postcard of the Arch of Titus, Rome. Titus Flavius Vespasianus [39-81] was supreme commander in the first Jewish-Roman War [66-70], which led to the destruction of Jerusalem. Roman emperor from 79 until 81.
This refers to the following event: Two guides with whom Abraham had climbed a mountain had taken some raw meat with them to eat. By the time they reached the hut and set about cooking it, it had gone off, and one of them encouraged the other to eat it with the words: “Coraggio, Casimiro.” Freud and Abraham subsequently often quoted this remark.