Experiences in a Concentration Camp
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"Experiences in a Concentration Camp" is the autobiographical first part of Viktor Frankl’s *Man’s Search for Meaning*, recounting his time in Nazi concentration camps and the psychological insights he drew from that suffering.
All labels observed (1)
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| Experiences in a Concentration Camp canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2334970 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Experiences in a Concentration Camp Context triple: [Man's Search for Meaning, hasPart, Experiences in a Concentration Camp]
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Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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D.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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War Criminals Prison No. 1
War Criminals Prison No. 1 was the post–World War II Allied detention facility at Landsberg Prison in Germany where numerous convicted Nazi war criminals were incarcerated and executed.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Experiences in a Concentration Camp Target entity description: "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" is the autobiographical first part of Viktor Frankl’s *Man’s Search for Meaning*, recounting his time in Nazi concentration camps and the psychological insights he drew from that suffering.
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A.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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B.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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C.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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D.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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E.
War Criminals Prison No. 1
War Criminals Prison No. 1 was the post–World War II Allied detention facility at Landsberg Prison in Germany where numerous convicted Nazi war criminals were incarcerated and executed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book section ⓘ non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
illustrate how meaning can be found in suffering
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show psychological mechanisms of survival in camps ⓘ |
| author |
Viktor Frankl
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surface form:
Viktor E. Frankl
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| describes |
Viktor Frankl’s imprisonment in Nazi camps
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acts of kindness among prisoners ⓘ brutality of guards ⓘ hunger and physical hardship ⓘ importance of future-oriented meaning ⓘ life in Auschwitz ⓘ life in Dachau subcamps ⓘ loss of identity in camps ⓘ psychological reactions of prisoners ⓘ role of inner freedom ⓘ selection processes in camps ⓘ spiritual experiences in extreme suffering ⓘ stages of camp inmates’ mental states ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
freedom of attitude
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psychological insights from camp life ⓘ search for meaning under extreme conditions ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
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autobiography ⓘ psychological literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| includedIn |
English editions of Man’s Search for Meaning
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original German edition of Man’s Search for Meaning ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice |
Viktor Frankl
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surface form:
Viktor E. Frankl
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| partOf |
Man's Search for Meaning
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surface form:
Man’s Search for Meaning
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| precedes |
logotherapy
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surface form:
Logotherapy in a Nutshell
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| setting |
AuschwitzBirkenau
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surface form:
Auschwitz concentration camp
Dachau ⓘ
surface form:
Dachau concentration camp
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| subject |
Holocaust
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Nazi concentration camps ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ existential psychology ⓘ hope ⓘ logotherapy ⓘ meaning in life ⓘ moral choice ⓘ resilience ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| supportsTheory | logotherapy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Holocaust era
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World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: Experiences in a Concentration Camp Description of subject: "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" is the autobiographical first part of Viktor Frankl’s *Man’s Search for Meaning*, recounting his time in Nazi concentration camps and the psychological insights he drew from that suffering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Man's Search for Meaning