| This is an overview of the activities
and developments within the
twelve component Societies of the International Psychoanalytic
Association
from the outbreak of the Second World War to its end
in 1945. The
author describes how the war had deeply affected the
activities of the societies
within Europe, as compared with other parts of the world.
He notes
how in the United States of America psychoanalysis was
a comparatively
buoyant state, to some extent owing to migration of
psychoanalysts from
Europe, whilst in South America and Australia new societies
were formed.
In view of the scarcity of material to be found in the
Archives of de IPA, the
author has made full use of relevant literature whenever
it was concerned
with contemporary world affairs, and the manner in which
the war situation
affected individuals and groups in various countries.
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