News from Golders Green: 2400 year old urn damaged by thieves seeking Freud's ashes

London — Thieves tried to steal the ashes of the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and his wife from a crematorium in London, severely damaging a 2,400-year-old urn that housed their remains, police said Wednesday.
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"This was a despicable act by a callous thief," said Detective Constable Daniel Chandler of the Metropolitan Police.
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Freud died in September 1939 and his ashes were placed in the urn in Golders Green Crematorium near his home. Martha Freud's ashes were added after her death in 1951.

Freud was given the urn -- which depicts Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstasy -- by his close friend and fellow psychoanalyst Princess Marie Bonaparte.
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The crematorium opened in 1901 and contains the remains of many famous figures including Bram Stoker, the author of "Dracula", and soul singer Amy Winehouse.

Earlier this month it was also the location for the funeral of Ronnie Biggs, the most famous member of the gang who carried out the Great Train Robbery in 1963.

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Donjeta said:

So why does anybody want Freud's ashes? No doubt there is an interesting subconscious reason stemming from their early childhood experiences.

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