Gustav Freud Collection

Gustav Freud was born in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 2nd, 1914, son of Georg (Gibor) Freud and Josefine Kohn Freud. He had one older brother, Walter.

Theater was the big passion of his youth, as documented by numerous playbills and notes. He left Vienna in November 1938 (shortly after Kristallnacht) and arrived in Trinidad in January 1939; his parents followed six months later.

In 1940, Gustav moved on to the U.S., arriving in January in New York and eventually in Cleveland, Ohio, where he found employment with Vinograd Carpets. - Gustav’s father died in Trinidad in 1940, and his mother joined Gustav in 1943: the same year that he got married to Ruth Walkov. Shortly after, all three moved to New York, where George opened his own business as a bookseller. After working at the New York Public Library in 1959, Gustav began employment with the U.S. Postal Service in 1960. 1962 he enrolled at City University of New York – City College, where he received his M.A. – He retired from his work in 1980. Gustav Freud died on Dec. 19, 2006 in New York City.

Gustav Freud had one son, George, who was born in 1950.