Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
A tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. Some books are read. Others are felt. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl isn’t merely read—it’s absorbed, etched not just in memory, but in the soul. Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, writes not to recount horrors for horror’s sake, but to bear witness. What emerges is not just a record of suffering, but a manifesto of hope: that even in the bleakest of human conditions, meaning can be found—and must be sought. For me, this was not an easy read. Though I cannot claim to understand the suffering endured in the camps, my connection runs deep. My grandfather was among the British and Canadian troops of the 11th Armoured Division who liberated Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945. What they discovered—60,000 sick, starving, brutalised souls—defies comprehension. History, it seems, has a way of echoing across generations. Decades after my grandfather walked through the gates of Belsen, I too found myself on...