Viktor Frankl's book on the psychology of the Holocaust to be made into a film

Frankl counselled fellow prisoners in Auschwitz, later writing Man's Search for Meaning, outlining the concept of survival through finding meaning in the world

Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl's account of his attempts to rationalise the Holocaust, has been optioned for a film adaptation, according to Deadline.

Frankl, a contemporary of Freud, lost his whole family during the Nazi's attempted extermination of the Jews. He developed his theory of "healing through meaning", known as logotherapy, while a prisoner in the Auschwitz and Kaufering concentration camps. He counselled his fellow prisoners, many of whom were suicidal, with a philosophy that argued that striving for meaning, not pleasure nor power, is what keeps us alive.