Viktor E. Frankl

Victor Frankl was a jew from Vienna, who, like millions of others was sent to Nazi death camps. He was the only member of his family who survived. Here he describes his experiences, but he also uses his professional skills as a psychotherapist to analyse how humans can survive such horrors. This is a classic tribute to hope.

Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy. The psychologist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and his conviction that every crisis contains opportunity. Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did in 1946. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say 'yes to life' - a profound and timeless lesson for us all.