Projective Identification and Systematic Child Degradation: A Case Study on Transgenerational Trauma and Institutional Abuse in Austrian Care Homes

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Authors: Peter Siegfried Krug
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Abstract

This publication is not a conventional biography, but a psychological and historical documentation of transgenerational trauma. It analyzes the "unconscious rejection" by a mother who remained in an infantile survival mode for 80 years, and how this led to the projective identification of the child as a "burden" or "enemy." The document details how Austrian care homes in the 20th century systematically exploited these family dynamics through: Black Pedagogy (Schwarze Pädagogik): Methods designed to break the child's will. Institutional Violence: Systematic degradation, including confinement in cellars (Kellereinsperrungen). Systematic Devaluation: How the state apparatus continued the parental rejection, leading to a complete loss of identity for the victims. This record serves the purpose of documentation and reappraisal (Aufarbeitung) of human rights violations in the context of institutional upbringing.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Military Security and Education Studies Memory violence and history Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
1 March 2026
Language
EN