Sandor Berger

Sydney’s Great Eccentrics

John Stapleton
Sep 9, 2018 · 7 min read
The author outside Sandor Berger’s room, 1989.

Not every famous person has a name.

And almost no one knew the name of Sandor Berger, one of Sydney’s best known eccentrics.

For many years notices appeared on telegraph poles across inner-Sydney: “Psychiatry is Evil, It Must Be Banned!!”

Everyone knew of him, nobody knew who he was, The Psychiatry is Evil man. You…

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