Fenichel, Otto

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Psychoanalyst; b. 1897; married Hanna Heilborn, lay analyst, in 1940; d. 1946.

From the description of Otto and Hanna Heilborn Fenichel papers, 1934-1945 (bulk 1938-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415941

Otto Fenichel (1897-1946), psychoanalyst and author. Hanna Heilborn, lay analyst, married Fenichel in 1940.

From the description of Otto Fenichel and Hanna Fenichel papers, 1934-1953 (bulk 1938-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983187

Fenichel was born on Dec. 2, 1897 in Vienna; MD, Univ. of Vienna, 1921; at age 17, decided to become a psychoanalyst and began his training while a medical student; moved to Berlin in 1922 to complete his training at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute; appointed an asst. (1923) and a training analyst (1925) at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Clinic; traveled to the Soviet Union in 1929 and 1932; in 1933 went to Oslo to undertake the training of psychoanalysts, and did the same in Prague two years later; fleeing the Nazis, he moved to Los Angeles in 1938; Fenichel was a Marxist, and insisted that psychology needed to be studied in a societal context; publications include The outline of clinical psychoanalysis (1934), Problems of psychoanalytic technique (1941) and The psychoanalytic theory of neurosis (1945); he died on Jan. 22, 1946.

From the description of Papers, 1903-1953. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41611140

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referencedIn Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977. Edith Banfield Jackson papers, 1939-1946. Library of Congress
referencedIn Wilhelm Reich Papers, 1920-1952 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Fenichel, Otto. Otto and Hanna Heilborn Fenichel papers, 1934-1945 (bulk 1938-1945). Library of Congress
referencedIn Berta Bornstein Papers, 1933-1971, (bulk 1945-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959. Papers, 1929-1960 (inclusive), 1941-1958 (bulk) Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Smith Ely Jelliffe Papers, 1882-1977, (bulk 1885-1944) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Bertram D. Lewin papers, 1883-1974 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Ernst Kris Papers, 1893-1999, (bulk 1940-1956) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Heinz Hartmann and Dora Hartmann Papers, 1928-1974, (bulk 1944-1974) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Ludowyk-Gyomroi, Edith. Edith Ludowyk-Gyomroi papers, 1933-1979. Library of Congress
referencedIn Siegfried Bernfeld Papers, 1854-1975, (bulk 1930-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Otto Fenichel and Hanna Fenichel Papers, 1934-1953, (bulk 1938-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Fenichel, Otto. Papers, 1903-1953. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Fenichel, Otto. Rundbriefe 73-81, 83-91, 96 : typescript, 1941 January 23 - 1943 March 15. UC Berkeley Libraries
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associatedWith American Psychoanalytic Association. corporateBody
correspondedWith Bernfeld, Siegfried, 1892-1953. person
associatedWith Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959. person
correspondedWith Bornstein, Berta, 1898-1971. person
associatedWith Fenichel, Hanna. person
associatedWith Fenichel, Hanna Heilborn. person
correspondedWith Hartmann, Heinz, 1894-1970. person
correspondedWith Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977. person
correspondedWith Jelliffe, Smith Ely, 1866-1945. person
correspondedWith Jones, Ernest, 1879-1958 person
correspondedWith Kris, Ernst, 1900-1957. person
correspondedWith Lewin, Bertram David, 1896- person
associatedWith Ludowyk-Gyomroi, Edith. person
correspondedWith Maenchen, Anna person
correspondedWith Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990 person
correspondedWith Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957. person
correspondedWith Reik, Theodor, 1888-1969 person
correspondedWith Simmel, Ernst, 1882-1947 person
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California
United States
California
Czech Republic--Prague
United States
Middle West
Norway--Oslo
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Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysts
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Lay analysts
Psychoanalysts
Psychoanalysts
Women psychoanalysts
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Birth 1987

Death 1946

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