Month: October 2020

Song: Alexander Bal “Trouble in My Homeland”

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Lately, things have been quite difficult for various reasons, so I haven’t been able to write much in my blog, though there’s plenty to say. For now, I’ll share another song by the Belarusian bard Alexander Bal. Staying silent is truly impossible, so at least I can share facts and tell the world what’s happening in my homeland. And Alexander has done this very well with his new song.

Book: Viktor E. Frankl “Man’s Search For Meaning”

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I continue reading books about the experience (though calling it “life” is impossible) in Nazi death camps. This time, I’ve taken up a short but well-known book by world-renowned psychologist Viktor Frankl. When he was sent to a concentration camp, he tried to hide the manuscript of his book, but he couldn’t save it. So, he began gathering insights and “writing” the book in his mind and secretly on scraps of paper, as a way to hold onto sanity amidst the horrors of the camp and to find something to cling to—something to survive for.

When he was finally liberated, he quickly recorded all he had reflected on during those horrific years in the form of a book, which he initially didn’t even want to publish under his real name, though he was eventually persuaded otherwise. In 1946, the book was published as Man’s Search for Meaning.

Although Viktor Frankl lived many more years, passing away in 1997 at the age of 92, this book is considered one of his greatest works.

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