Viktor Frankl lost almost his entire family - mother, father, brother and wife - to the Nazi death camps.
He expected death every day and speaks of his horror at realising his destination was Auschwitz, and of 'the Finger Game', the German officer pointing right or left - to life or death. Dr Frankl, however, was a doctor of medicine and philosophy from the University of Vienna. He speaks of the struggle to survive and talks of a "psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate".
He follows his autobiographic account with an explanation of his therapeutic doctrine - logotherapy. This book is a fascinating and first-hand account of man's search for freedom and dignity, offering us all a way of finding greater meaning to our lives.
An extraordinary book that has had nearly 100 printings in English and been published in 21 other languages.
Updated: 10:59 Wednesday, July 14, 2004
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