The Destruction of Memory and the Monopoly on Truth: A Psychoanalytical Observation of the "Destructive Outbursts" of Herta Brigitte Bertel (1943–2024)

This bilingual (EN/DE) 26-page case study provides a psychoanalytical observation of the "destructive outbursts" of Herta Brigitte Bertel (1943–2024). It investigates the symbolic erasure of family archives and the systematic concealment of paternal (Dr. Peter Strobl) and ancestral (Maria Krug) lines as defense mechanisms (Crypt Effect) against profound childhood trauma (Verdingkind-status).Analytical Framework:Actional Melancholy: Destruction of substitute objects (photographs) as a failed affect regulation.Identity Vandalism: The link between maternal secrecy and the son's institutional upbringing.Biographical Restitution: A rejection of clinical stigmatization ("madness") in favor of naming traumatogenic dissociation.