Bedřich Golombek

Who was Bedřich Golombek?

Bedřich Golombek was a Czech journalist and writer.

Golombek was born into a family of a coal miner. He studied at a secondary school in Ostrava, and immediately afterwards began work for the newspaper Lidové noviny, in the office in Brno. Golombek started as a reporter, since 1930 he was editor-in-chief of the Sunday edition, since 1933 editor-in-chief of the afternoon edition. After World War II he became the editor-in-chief at the main office of Lidové noviny in Prague but after Victorious February of 1948 he was forced to leave. Later, he worked as a clerk in a factory in Brno.