Original Recordings from Sigmund and Anna Freud

Listen to the voices of Sigmund Freud (BBC-Interview 1938) and Anna Freud (Lecture in Vienna, 1978)

In December 1938, Sigmund Freud gave an interview to the BBC in his house at Maresfield Gardens, London (mostly in English). It is the only recording of his voice known to us.

Sigmund Freud: Interview BBC, 1938

In 1978, Anna Freud gave the Sigmund Freud Lecture at the University of Vienna (in German). Hear the full recording of this talk.

Anna Freud: die Bedeutung der Kinderanalyse

Podcasts and Interviews

Im Museum - Sigmund Freud schreibt Arthur Schnitzler (in German)

The podcast series "Im Museum" by sisigrant highlights individual objects in the Sigmund Freud Museum (and other houses). In the second episode from Berggasse 19, Daniela Finzi talks about the letter from the founder of psychoanalysis to Arthur Schnitzler that is on display in Freud's study.

Podcast: Sigmund Freud schreibt Arthur Schnitzler

Im Museum - die fehlende Couch (in German)

The podcast series "Im Museum" by sisigrant highlights individual objects in the Sigmund Freud Museum (and other houses). In the first episode from Berggasse 19, Monika Pessler talks about the absent couch in the treatment room.

Podcast: Die fehlende Couch

Dreams from "The Interpretation of Dreams"

Philippe Sands (English) and Birgit Minichmayr (German) read dreams, noted and analysed by Sigmund Freud in the "Interpretation of Dreams". These readings are also audible in our permanent exhibition.

Dream 1

of jumping up the stairs while being incompletely dressed

English

German

Dream 2

“an example of really base, egoistical feelings, which conceal themselves behind an affectionate concern”

English

German

Dream 3

A Dream of Holiday and the Breakfast Ship

English

German