My 1st Blog Entry on Man's Search for Meaning

Well, I started reading a book that I found in my brother's pile of books. It is called Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. I heard that is was a good book and my brother said it was something he believed everyone should read at one time or another. So far, the book is incredibly sad, but I can't put it down. I expected it to be sad, because it is about the Holocaust. I did not expect the author to be so calm. He talks about how they were rounded up and put on to the trains to head to concentration camps. I would not have thought one camp to be better than the other, but Frankl discusses how empty and defeated those on the train felt when they pulled up and read the sign of their camp. They instantly expected death and I honestly thought they all did that, but I will research the subject now that it has been brought to my attention. Frankl explains that once the prisoners were transported it was usually to the gas chambers. When Frankl's train pulled in some were divided up and taken to the gas chamber, while others were picked to do other jobs.  I learned that  Capos were actually Jews that had no regard for man kind or fellow Jew. They did what ever they felt they had to do to stay alive, even betray family and friends.  I will try to finish this book by this weekend or at least get close to finishing.  I plan to be on again soon and give an update about Frankl and his fight to survive.