Frankl, his wife and family are arrested and sent to concentration camp.
1942 - 1944
His mother is immediately murdered in the gas chamber, and Tilly is moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she is to die at the age of 24.
Frankl is transported, to Kaufering and Türkheim (camps)
1944 - 1945
he comes down with typhoid fever. To avoid fatal collapse during the nights he keeps himself awake by reconstructing his book manuscript on slips of paper stolen from the camp office.
the camp is liberated by U.S troops.
1945
In August Frankl returns to Vienna, where he learns, within a span of a few days, about the death of his wife, his mother and his brother who has been murdered in Auschwitz together with his wife.
Publishes his book Man´s search for meaning.
1946 - 1997
By 1997 more than 9 million copies of this book had been sold.
