Man's Search for Meaning This book was written as a record of one person's involvement in a concentration camp during World War II and the psychology of prisoners who were there with him to experience experience hard and difficult times every day. Viktor Frankl was a man who was part of this experience, together with his wife, father, mother and brother, all of whom died in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. They all endured extreme hunger, cold and cruelty, first in Auschwitz then in Dachau; Frankl himself was under constant threat of being sent to the gas chambers. He lost everything on his first day in the camps and was forced to give up a scientific manuscript that he considered his life's work. Viktor begins his story with his entry into Auschwitz. He explains how as he entered the extermination camp: he and his companions retained a small residue of hope that they would be saved at the last possible moment. He connects him to a condemned man who believes he will be saved before he is executed. He defines this sensation as "delirium of truce" and recalls that, when they got off the train after arriving at Auschwitz, people were divided into two lines, one for men and one for women. During this process, everything they were carrying was taken away. Finally they came to a man who pointed them to the left or right. One direction was towards the crematoria, the other towards a purification station. Frankl then goes on to talk about the second phase of captivity that occurred after the captivity. the original shock had worn off a little. He explains how numbness overcomes a prisoner, and how he was able to watch a man be brutally beaten to death and it didn't even phase him. There was a time when she cared for the patience of typhoid and would watch the people of...... middle of paper ...... were heartbreaking but I had no idea of ​​the extent of it. The way this book was written gives people hope. After reading it I realized that there are more difficult things that people go through throughout their lives and they are still optimistic that everything will work out, while others complain about everyday things. The author's use of quotes and description of events painted a picture of the Holocaust murders in the reader's mind. Viktor E. was an amazing author and wrote this book well so that all types of readers would understand the difficulties of the Holocaust. The book provides the reader with a wealth of important information. The interpretations and ideas apply not only to those who suffered in a concentration camp, but to all those who live trapped behind bars and walls. It helps the reader understand and empathize with the position of these individuals.