Kollerstrom, Oscar

This collection was put together by Oscar Kollerstrom, a pupil of Georg Groddeck (1866-1934). Groddeck is often regarded as the 'father of psychosomatic medicine' and even as the source of inspiration for Freud's concept of the 'Id'. Certainly the two men corresponded and directly influenced each other. Groddeck's life and career can be summarized in brief as follows: he was born in Bad Ksen on the Saale, Germany. His parents, Karl Groddeck, who was a physician, and Karoline Koberstein, had four children in all: Hans, Wolf, Lina, and the youngest, Georg. His father passed away in 1885, his mother in 1892.

In 1889, Groddeck qualified as a doctor having studied medicine under Dr Ernst Schweninger, Otto von Bismark's personal physician. In 1896, Groddeck married Else von der Goltz. They had a daughter Barbara, and separated in 1901.

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