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Who was Viktor Frankl? Who was this man who survived the Holocaust,
and through his sufferings changed the face of psychology forever. It takes a great man who through horrid conditions can take adversary and find the positive to convey to others.
In September of 1942, a young doctor, his new bride, his mother, father, and brother, were arrested in Vienna and taken to a concentration camp in Bohemia. It was events that occurred there and at three other camps that led the young doctor -- prisoner 119,104 -- to realize the significance of meaningfulness in life.
One of the earliest events to drive home the point was a significant moment that came while on a predawn march to work on laying railroad tracks, another prisoner wondered out loud about the fate of their wives. The young doctor began to think about his own wife, and realized that she was present within him:
"The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world......

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