Author Archives: S. J. Tagliareni

I once asked Viktor Frankl how he could not hate the Germans for what they did to him and the Jews. Without hesitation, he looked at me with those incredible blue eyes and said” There is no way to understand … Continue reading →

In October 1970, while I was a student in Rome my best friend Jack Murphy died in an automobile accident. Devastated by his death I could not fathom how this incredible life force suddenly ceased to exist. Jack was the … Continue reading →

The Holocaust became more than a series of unimaginable atrocities that happened long ago when I met Dr.Viktor Frankl in Vienna. As his student, I heard the story of his captivity and others by the Nazis. These firsthand accounts were … Continue reading →