He had spent much of his life living and working in Vienna, but that changed when the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938. In addition to being Jewish, Freud ' His fame as the founder of psychoanalysis made him a target for the Nazis. A friend found safe passage for Freud, his wife Martha and youngest daughter Anna to England. He and his family left Vienna on June 4, 1938, arriving two days later in London, England. Being an avid cigar smoker, Freud had been suffering from mouth cancer since 1923 and had already undergone several operations. Unfortunately the cancer returned and Freud's doctor exclaimed that the tumor was inoperable. On September 21, 1939, Freud asked his doctor to give him a fatal dose of morphine and he died at the age of