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Man's Search For Meaning

Man's Search For Meaning

  • The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

Over 16 million copies sold worldwide

'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek

One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in our own lives.

Reviews

  • An enduring work of survival literature.

    New York Times

  • A book to read, to cherish, to debate, and one that will ultimately keep the memories of the victims alive

    John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

  • I have loved this book for so many years, and I think every human being should read it.

    Simon Sinek

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About the Author

Viktor E Frankl

Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna in 1905 and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School. His wife, father, mother and brother all died in Nazi concentration camps; only he and his sister survived, but he never lost the qualities of compassion, loyalty, undaunted spirit and thirst for life (earning his pilot's licence aged 67). He died in Vienna in 1997. www.viktorfrankl.org

Viktor E Frankl

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Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, a Holocaust survival story

Viktor E. Frankl was a highly respected psychiatrist in his native Austria when he was transported to Auschwitz in 1944. Against all odds, Frankl survived. After his liberation, and having lost his wife and his family, he wrote Man’s Search for Meaning about his experience in the death camps.

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