Frankl later reconstructed the manuscript from memory while still in the concentration camps, and published after the end of World War II.

[1]: xi The Doctor and the Soul is divided into five sections: Frankl wrote the book initially during Nazi occupation of Austria.

Sometime after his release, after the war had ended, Frankl published both Man's Search for Meaning as well as The Doctor and the Soul.

[1]: xi Frankl attributed his survival during the war years to his awareness of the topics written in The Doctor and the Soul.

Instead, said Frankl, discovering this ideas prior to his arrest and detainment helped him overcome the existential crises of losing everything dear to him.