When the Nazis arrived in Vienna in the 1938 ‘Anschluss’, his fame meant he could have escaped to the USA. But his secure attachment pattern meant that he chose to stay with his beloved parents. All three were interred in a concentration camp, where his parents died. Frankl’s secure attachment also saved his life, however. On the march to a lethal work detail he would listen to an unhappy guard’s troubles, who repaid him with lighter duties and more food (Frankl, 1946/2006).