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Victor Frankl

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When Jewish psychiatrist Victor Frankl was arrested by the Nazis in World War II, he was stripped of everything&md;property, family, possessions. He had spent years researching and writing a book on the importance of finding meaning in life&md;concepts that later would be known as logotherapy. When he arrived in Auschwitz, the infamous death camp, even his manuscript, which he had hidden in the lining of his coat, was taken away.




"How should I have interpreted such a &ls;coincidence' other than as a challenge to LIVE my thoughts instead of merely putting them on paper?"

Later, as Frankl reflected on his ordeal, he wrote in his book MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING, &ls;There is nothing in the world that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions, as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life…He who has a WHY to live for can bear almost any HOW.'"