March 26, 1905 marked the birth of Viktor Frankl in Vienna. He was the son of Gabriel Frankl and Elsa Frankl of Marovia. He was the second child in a family of three and wanted to be a doctor when he grew up. He was directed to the study of psychology by his sympathy for people. He met Freud in 1925 on his way to graduate school and published an article “Psychotherapy and Weltanschauung,” which he followed up with using the term “logotherapy” in a public lecture the following year. This led him to perfect his particular brand of Viennese psychology. He received his doctorate in medicine in 1930 and was promoted to assistant at the University Psychiatric Clinic. He left for the United States in 1939 when Hitler's troops invaded Austria after obtaining a visa to America where he was appointed head of the neurology department. of the Rothschild Hospital. It was 1942 when he married and in the same year his wife, his father, his mother and his brother were arrested and taken to a camp in Bohemia. His wife, mother, brother and father died leaving his sister to immigrate to Australia shortly before (Frankl, 2004). He was left without hope due to the loss of his family and the destruction of his manuscript “The Doctor and the Soul”. He later obtained the position of director of the Vienna Neurological Polyclinic in his home in Vienna. He later reconstructed his book and wrote a different book, "Man's Search for Meaning" in nine days. Viktor Frankl then died on September 2, 1997, of heart failure. "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl is a story about the need for hope in the future, especially for people facing problems and disillusionment in life. The story emphasizes the need to have hope that… a paper medium… can stop him from accomplishing what he had planned. The fact that his work was destroyed did not make him lose hope of proposing new work (Frankl, 2004). This shows that he was hardworking and dedicated to his work. Frankl is also described as philanthropic due to his attitude of loving and helping humans. Frankl's character is exceptional and people should therefore believe in his advice that faith and hope are solutions for a good future. Works Cited: Frankl, Viktor Emil. Man's search for meaning. Mölln: Ratna, 2006. Print.Frankl, Viktor Emil. Man's search for meaning: an introduction to logotherapy - a recently revised and expanded edition. from the extermination camp to existentialism. Mölln: Beacon Press, 1962. Print.Frankl, Viktor Emil. Man's search for meaning: the classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust. Mölln: Rider, 2004. Print.