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
At the start of the twenty-first century, this book feels especially relevant -- from the Foreword by Claudia Hammond, award-winning broadcaster, writer and lecturer in psychology ...to be treasured by psychologists and theologians and by men and women who wrestle with ultimate questions and encounter God as often in the question as in the answer. -- Michael Berenbaum A truly important book -- Rabbi Harold Kushner Brilliant! In this book, we are privileged to share the richness of Frankl's experience and the depth of his wisdom. -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. MD