"It would also be cowardly to leave the field here to the enemies of Psychoanalysis." The correspondence between Richard and Edith Sterba and Anna Freud 1946–1962
Krivanek, R.; Sterba, R.; Sterba, E.; Freud, A.
Luzifer-Amor Zeitschrift Zur Geschichte der Psychoanalyse 29(58): 142-164
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0933-3347 PMID: 29938979 Document Number: 17389
This article describes the fate of the Viennese psychoanalysts Richard and Edith Sterba after their emigration to the United States. The author examines the correspondence between the Sterbas and Anna Freud which is to be found amongst the Anna Freud papers in the Library of Congress in Washington. The letters illustrate Richard Sterbas ardent admiration for both Sigmund and Anna Freud. The Sterbas tried to persuade Anna Freud to move to the United States permanently. The correspondence also gives insights into very personal views of both the Sterbas and Anna Freud about colleagues and historical events. The paper in addition depicts the events which eventually led to the dissolution of the Detroit Psychoanalytic Society and demonstrates how the Sterbas thereby lost important professional positions. When psychoanalytic training was resumed in Detroit the Sterbas were ignored both as teachers and as training analysts.
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