ABSTRACT
On 1 August 1914, Russia found itself at war with Germany. It was of course a particularly traumatic blow to any family, like the Medtners, with German connections. Emil, in Munich, was interned. In a letter to Anna dated the day after the declaration of war, he wrote: ‘You know that for me Russia and Germany are two fatherlands, equally beloved. This is why this, in the full sense of the word, fratricidal war is for me the most horrifying event of my life …’. 1 After various difficulties he was granted a visa allowing him to go to neutral Switzerland, where he settled in Zürich, eventually becoming a Swiss citizen. In Zürich he began a new phase in his life, first becoming a patient and then an associate of the psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Jung, chosen by him to edit the Russian edition of his collected works.
