Viktor Frankl

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Instance of

human

Born

26 March 1905

Died

2 September 1997

Place of birth

Vienna

Place of death

Vienna

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Viktor

Family name

Frankl

Spouse

Tilly Grosser, Elly Frankl

Child

Gabriele Vesely-Frankl

Field of work

psychiatry, psychology, neurology, psychotherapy

Occupation

psychotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, existential therapist, writer, surgeon, aircraft pilot, university teacher

Citizenship

Austria

Religion

Judaism

Awards

Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Oskar Pfister Award, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, honorary doctorate of Salzburg University, Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences, honorary citizen of Vienna, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Masaryk University Gold Medal, honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin, honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague, honorary doctor of the University of Brasília

academic degree

doctorate

described by source

Der zerrissene Himmel, Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World

educated at

University of Vienna

employer

University of Vienna

influenced by

Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler

languages spoken, written or signed

Austrian German, German

name in native language

Viktor Emil Frankl

notable work

Man's Search for Meaning, The Unconscious God, The Doctor and the Soul

place of burial

Old Jewish Cemetery

place of detention

Auschwitz, Dachau concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

pseudonym

Norbert Lebrument

significant event

Transport from Vienna to Ghetto Theresienstadt on 24.09.1942, Transport Es from Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 19/10/1944

student

Raymond Ackerman

subject has role

Holocaust survivor

topic's main category

Category:Viktor Frankl

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