3. Freud Underwent Voluntary Euthanasia
The pain caused by Freud’s cancer was so severe that he turned to his doctor, Max Schur, who was also a refugee from the Nazis and pleaded with him to help him end his life. Because his disease was known to be terminal and he was in constant pain, Dr. Schur agreed. He administered lethal doses of morphine on September 21 and 22, 1939, and Freud died on September 23.
