One of the most intriguing aspects of Sigmund Freud’s life was his failure to see the Anschluss coming. How could he, such an intelligent, far-seeing man, remain past the point of personal danger until being plucked out of Vienna at the last moment by the Americans? At the time, the dangers of the Anschluss were obvious to many Austrian…
Peter Showler
Peter Showler is the director of the Refugee Forum at the University of Ottawa and teaches refugee law at the university. He is the author of Refugee Sandwich: Stories of Exile and Asylum (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006).