Media personality Gerd H. Padel dies
The journalist and media professional Gerd H. Padel died of heart failure in Zollikerberg ZH on Thursday at the age of 88. Padel was the first Regional Director of Radio and Television DRS from 1974 to 1978.
He worked for SRG from 1956 to 1978, as the company announced on Friday. He began his career at SRG SSR in 1956 as Director of Schweizer Radio International. From 1965 he was Director of the Zurich radio studio and from 1972 Director of Swiss Radio DRS.
He ended his professional career in 1983 as editor-in-chief of the Basler Zeitung. His dissertation on "The Swiss press and the rise of the Third Reich 1933-1939", written after the Second World War, was republished eleven years ago as a standard work under the title "Dams against the brown tide".
He ended his professional career in 1983 as editor-in-chief of the Basler Zeitung. His dissertation on "The Swiss press and the rise of the Third Reich 1933-1939", written after the Second World War, was republished eleven years ago as a standard work under the title "Dams against the brown tide".
