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In Man’s Search for Meaning (1946), Austrian doctor and psychotherapist Viktor E. Frankl describes what he experienced and learned as an inmate of Nazi concentration camps in the years 1942–1945
. Part One is a memoir of camp life, while Part Two presents the therapeutic doctrine Frankl calls logotherapy, which he developed and found to be validated by his camp experiences. Originally published in German as Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager (“a psychologist experiences the concentration camp”), but since translated into more than 20 languages, Frankl’s book became a best seller that is now recognized internationally as an inspirational classic.Man’s Search for Meaning, which Frankl wrote over the course of just nine days, has won praise from individuals ranging from psychologist Carl Rogers ("One of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought."), to Rabbi Harold S. Kushner (“One of the great books of our time.”), to CNN’s Anderson Cooper ("This is a book I reread a lot...it gives me hope...it gives me a sense of strength.").
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