Divided into two parts, the first relates the inspirational survival of four concentration camps during the Holocaust with the important lesson being the positive correlation between one’s ability to maintain hope and their ability to survive. The second explains the system of Logotherapy pioneered by the author and a branch of Freudian psychoanalysis. Here the therapeutic setting is to help individuals understand the deeper meaning of suffering in life, their specific purpose, and to overcome mental tension by finding a broader individualized meaning for their existence.