A favorite book on the period is "Thunder at Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914" by Frederic Morton. Freud's city was one of the centers of Europe's neuroses. It was also a center of political ferment under the lid weighted down by the Hapsburg monarchy.
Notably, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, and Tito were all there at the same time.
Freud was also a coke head. Even though he ended up supposedly quitting, he was a fervent supporter and advocate for its use for a very long time, and we know what and how cocaine alters people’s minds and personalities and character permanently even beyond that of any addict.
Notably, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, and Tito were all there at the same time.