Petra Gertjegerdes, Carol Gertjegerdes, and Helmut Gertjegerdes
Recorded
October 20, 2021
Archived
October 20, 2021
35:01 minutes
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Id:
mby021166
Description
Petra Gertjegerdes (47) shares a conversation with her parents, Carol Gertjegerdes (78) and Helmut Gertjegerdes (86), about their childhoods, how Carol and Helmut ended up moving to Columbus, Georgia, and about running the newspaper The Columbus Times.Subject Log / Time Code
HG talks about growing up in Germany under the rule of Hitler. He also talks about his father, who was put in a concentration camp for nine years because he was against Hitler’s rule.
CG talks about growing up in New York City. She talks about walking in fashion shows with her mother, who was a model, and about her father, who was a firefighter. She also talks about the prominent people her parents knew.
HG talks about living in Columbus for over forty years and about running The Columbus Times.
CG talks about her initial impressions of Columbus and the civil rights movement.
HG talks about the challenges that went along with publishing The Columbus Times, a newspaper that reports the news of the Black community in Columbus, Georgia and the surrounding area.
HG and CG talk about the threats that they received over the years as a result of their work.
CG shares what she would like others to know about her mother and step-father, the founders of The Columbus Times, and about their struggle for civil rights in the area.
HG shares how his childhood in Germany living under the rule of Hitler shaped his perspective on civil rights in the United States.
HG and CG talk about when they first met and about getting married.
HG and CG talk about the discrimination they experienced as a couple.
HG talks about how the publishing industry has changed over time and about the different advertisers they have had at the newspaper.
CG talks about the role The Columbus Times has played, and continues to play, in the struggle for civil rights.
CG and HG talk about how Columbus has changed over the years and about their hopes for Columbus in the future.
Participants
- Petra Gertjegerdes
- Carol Gertjegerdes
- Helmut Gertjegerdes