Article: Halberstadt-Freud, Sophie (1893-1920)

HALBERSTADT-FREUD, SOPHIE (1893-1920)

The fifth child of Sigmund and Martha Freud, Sophie Halberstadt-Freud was born on April 12, 1893, in Vienna, and died on January 25, 1920, in Hamburg. Freud's "Sunday's child" was named after Sophie Schwalb, the niece of Samuel Hammerschlag, Freud's Hebrew teacher. Admired by her father, and her mother's favorite, Sophie only succeeded in getting out of the house by the sudden announcement of her engagement in 1912. On July 20, Freud wrote to his sister Mitzi, "His name is Max Halberstadt, he's thirty years old, is a distant relative of our family from Hamburg. He's very serious, inspires confidence, and both of them seem to be in love with one ...

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