![]() The vessels containing their ashes are today kept on three-tiered white stone shelves erected on either side of the plinth with Sigmund and Martha Freud's funerary urn. Friends of the Freud family whose ashes rest with them are Lajos Lévy, who died in 1961 his widow Katá, who died in 1969 Dorothy Burlingham, who died in 1979 Jula Weiss, who died in 1994 and Tini Maresch, who died in 1996. In the decades that followed, many more members of the Freud family were cremated at Golders Green: Robert Hollitscher (Sigmund Freud's son-in-law), who died in 1959 Jean-Martin Freud (Sigmund Freud's son), who died in 1967 Oliver Freud (Sigmund Freud's son), who died in 1969 Ernst Freud (Sigmund Freud's son), who died in 1970 Henny Freud (née Fuchs, second wife of Oliver Freud), who died in 1971 Mathilde Hollitscher (Sigmund Freud's daughter, widow of Robert Hollitscher), who died in 1978 Anna Freud (Sigmund Freud's daughter), who died in 1982 Colin Peter Freud (Sigmund Freud's great-grandson), who died in 1987 Annette Freud (née Krarup, wife of Anton Walter Freud), who died in 2000 and Anton Walter Freud, who died in 2004. This building, built 1922–1928, was designed after Ernest George's death by Alfred Yeates in Romanesque Revival style as a three-sided building, grouped around a central lawn and a lily pond.Īfter Martha Freud's death in 1951, her ashes were also placed into the ancient bell krater. ![]() The ancient bell krater, now serving as a funerary urn, was later placed atop a black marble plinth, designed by Ernst Freud and erected in the crematorium's Ernest George Columbarium. After the funeral, Freud's ashes were deposited in an ancient Greek bell krater from the 4th century BC which came from his large collection of over 2000 antiquities (see below). ![]() His son Ernst Freud had organised the funeral arrangements, and Harrods of Knightsbridge acted as funeral directors. Three days later, his body was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. When writing his will in 1919, Sigmund Freud stated that he wanted to be cremated as it was a cheaper and easier process than conventional burial. ![]() The ancient Greek bell krater with the ashes of Sigmund and Martha Freudįreud Corner is the name used for the place within Golders Green Crematorium in North London, where the funerary urns of Sigmund Freud and many other members of the Freud family are deposited. ![]()
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