Czech journalist František Gel

This diploma thesis refers about a famous Czech journalist František Gel (his own name was František Feigel) who lived in 1901-1972. After his unfinished studies he wrote for a weekly Soudní síň (Court room) for a while. Then he spent nine years (1924-1933) as a reporter of Lidové noviny, a very important Czech daily newspaper. In 1933 Gel left for Melantrich press. Melantrich at the time was the biggest publishing house in Czechoslovakia. As the World War II started, Gel left for France and became a member of Czech armed forces. While France was occupied by Nazis, he came to Great Britain where he worked as a War correspondent. After WW II he started to work for the Czechoslovak Radio. He became very popular and famous for his Nurenberg processes' reports in 1946 and 1947. Then he broadcasted Bílá kronika (White chronic1es) programme. It referred about the brave and nice things people did to each other. After a year spent in a diplomatics he started to write the well-known radio programmes which popularized science and history. He retired in 1953. Two years later he started to teachjournalism at the Charles University