It is simply impossible for anyone other than survivors to know what life was like for a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. We can only imagine how people got through each day, and how they managed to stay sane when surrounded by atrocities.

Viktor Frankl, himself a survivor of the camps, helps explain how prisoners of the Nazi regime struggled through. These experiences also provided Frankl with evidence for his psychological theory, logotherapy, which explains how, in order to thrive – and, in more dire circumstances, survive – we need to discover our personal meaning of life.

Key insights:

• Prisoners’ first reaction to the concentration camps was shock – first in the form of hope, then despair.

• Prisoners’ first reaction to the concentration camps was shock – first in the form of hope, then despair.

• After a few days in the camp, prisoners fell into a state of apathy, which allowed them to concentrate on survival.

• Life after liberation from the camps was often characterized first by a feeling of disbelief, and then by bitterness.

• Prisoners concentrated on their “inner” lives to distract themselves from what was happening in the real world.

• Most prisoners accepted their fate, but some tried to make decisions whenever they could.

• According to logotherapy, our motivation to act stems from our life’s meaning.

• There is no general meaning of life; everyone’s life has it's own specific meaning in a given moment.

• You can manage your fears by actively pursuing them.

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