the holocaust and faith

[bluegreen17]

does anyone know of any books by or about jews who were very closely touched by the holocaust but still retained their faith in god? as far as i know,elie weisel and victor frankl are/were athiests.

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[southernyank.livejournal.com]

Been a while since I've read Man's Search for Meaning, but was Frankl atheist? I don't recall that. The following is a quote from his book, not that this necessarily means he was a believer or not:

"Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is," Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips."

[jayteeone.livejournal.com]

Frankl was brilliant, and astute, and he understood human nature in the midst of adversity. While reading "Man's Search For Meaning"(a very good book), he seemed to be saying that he believed in God, but also that he believed in man's ability to finding meaning in teh midst of chaos.