The Doctor and the Soul

In Man's Search for Meaning, Dr. Frankl takes readers on a journey through his experience as a Holocaust survivor and concentration camp inmate, providing mental health professionals and laypeople alike with an accessible account of the psychology of survival. After being imprisoned in various camps, including Auschwitz and Kaufering, Dr. Frankl found himself asking "why?" once he was finally liberated by the American forces in 1945. His answer was that living without meaning did not provide him with any sense of purpose, and thus led instead to despair.