Psycholog Erlebt Konzentrationslager by Frankl Viktor (8 results)

Softcover. Condition: g- to g+. First edition. Octavo. 130pp.Published in the series "Östereichische Dokumente zur Zeitgeschichte. Volume 1 (Austrian Documents on Contemporary History)." Cover by Leo Friedrich. The first edition of Viktor Frankl's groundbreaking psychological exploration, in German. Victor E. Frankl, his wife and his parents were deported to Theresienstadt on September 25, 1942. His father passed there in 1943, his mother was murdered in Auschwitz, so was his brother Walter. Frankl's wife Tilly died in the KZ Bergen-Belsen. In 1944 Frankl was transported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, a few days later to the satellite camp Kaufering III, and on March 5th, 1945, into Kaufering camp VI, a satellite camp of Dachau. Here he was liberated by the American Army on April 27, 1945. Text in German. Wrappers with a few chips to extremities, as well as some creasing and closed tear. Interior with pages age toned, and somewhat brittle. Initial pages with chipping, and/or creasing to the top corners of pages. Book block tight overall. Wrappers in good-, interior in good+ condition overall. Wrappers protected in modern mylar. Frankl disagreed with what he deemed the reductionist tendencies if early psychotherapeutic approaches, claiming that they dehumanized patients. He developed the so-called logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes the search for life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Next to Freud and Adler, it was considered the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy at the time. His book "Man's Search for Meaning" was published in English in 1959 and became an international bestseller. A survey conducted by the Library of Congress in 1991 deemed Frankl's title as one of the ten most influential books in the US. Frankl took the success of this book as a symptom of "mass neurosis of modern times." The original German version, Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager, was written within a period of nine days. "By observing the behavior of the Auschwitz inmates he came to the conclusion that "The prisoner who had lost faith in the futurehis futurewas doomed. With his loss of belief in the future, he also lost his spiritual hold; he let himself decline and became subject to mental and physical decay." Frankl's books include Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager (1946; From Death Camp to Existentialism, 1959; republished as Man's Search for Meaning, 1964), and Aerztliche Seelsorge (1946; The Doctor and the Soul. 1955, 1965)" Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 7, p. 102.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. First Edition. The scarce first printing of Frankl's riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps. An enduring classic of Holocaust literature, it serves as an insightful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity. Octavo: 130 p. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Typical toning to the contents. Some minor wear to the wrappers, with a short tear to the spine heel; otherwise very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 130pp., original wrappers, library stamp on half-title, paper discoloration due to age.

True first edition of Frankl's classic work, which was later titled Man's Search For Meaning. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Für Frau Grete Krotschak in herzlicher Freundschaft V. E. Frankl 6/9/46." Which translates, "For Ms. Grete Krotschak in cordial friendship V. E. Frankl 6/9/46." The recipient, Grete Krotschak served as the maid of honor at Frankl's wedding with Eleonore Elly Katharina Schwindt. (Frankl: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 1, 2005, S. 159). Frankl was freed from Türkheim in April 1945, with this example signed a little over one year later. In very good condition, spine with light restoration. An exceptional association copy, most rare and desirable signed and inscribed of the true first edition of this work. Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. At the time of Frankl's death, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. "An enduring work of survival literature" (New York Times).

Broschiert. 2. Auflage. 130 S. Einband stark rissig, bestaubt, etw. vergilbt, gelockert u. mit Knickspuren, Ecken bestoßen, Seiten etw. vergilbt, Burücken größteils weggebrochen // Psychologie, KZ, World War 2, Zweiter Weltkrieg G1000a *.* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 170.

First edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Viktor Frankl and inscribed to former owner Frau Lisl Kimont on October 10th, 1956. 130 pp. In German. Bound in publisher's original illustrated white wraps. Very Good with a small chip at the crown, light soiling to wraps with several edge-tears. Thin chip to top corner of rear cover lacking. Short tear to top edge of front cover and small chip to top corner mended from the verso, with similar wear extending into the early pages (including that with Frankl's inscription) and becoming decreasingly less until page 26. Short split to bottom gutter of front cover and first sheet. Pages tanned. A Holocaust memoir by a psychologist, better known in English as Man's Search for Meaning ; earlier called From Death-Camp to Existentialism. It has sold tens of millions of copies around the world and become one of the central texts through which we understand the Holocaust and trauma as a psychological phenomenon. An entirely different book of three lectures by the same author was published the same year titled .trotzdem ja zum Leben sagen, with this book's title as its subtitle, with which it is often confused.

First edition. First edition, first printing. 130 pp. In German. Publisher's illustrated white wraps. Near Fine with a few tiny closed tears to front wrap, small crease to spine, light pencil notation to rear wrap, pages toned with age. An attractive copy of a scarce book. A Holocaust memoir by a psychologist, better known in English as Man's Search for Meaning ; earlier called From Death-Camp to Existentialism. It has sold tens of millions of copies around the world and become one of the central texts through which we understand the Holocaust and trauma as a psychological phenomenon. An entirely different book of three lectures by the same author was published the same year titled .trotzdem ja zum Leben sagen, with this book's title as its subtitle, with which it is often confused.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. 130 pp. In German. Publisher's illustrated white wraps. Very Good, front wrap corner chipped and slight crease along fore edge, faint stamp to front wrap as well, contents toned with age. A scarce book. A Holocaust memoir by a psychologist, better known in English as Man's Search for Meaning ; earlier called From Death-Camp to Existentialism. It has sold tens of millions of copies around the world and become one of the central texts through which we understand the Holocaust and trauma as a psychological phenomenon. An entirely different book of three lectures by the same author was published the same year titled .trotzdem ja zum Leben sagen, with this book's title as its subtitle, with which it is often confused.