Name	Fodor, Marcel
Alternative Names	fictional character: Dr. Laszlo Sandor
ID	387
Gender	male
Lifespan	1890-01-17 - 1977-07-01
Professions	correspondent (Q1155838), editor (Q1607826), foreign correspondent (Q18190897), radio presenter

Collection(s)	Default import collection Transatlantic Networks webclient
Uri(s)	https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/1_47
Notes	Covering the interwar turmoil in Central Europe, Fodor was a friend or mentor to several renowned journalists who covered the same beat, including Dorothy Thompson, John Gunther, Frances Gunther, William Shirer, George Eric Rowe Gedye, H. R. Knickerbocker, Edgar Mowrer, Frederick Scheu, Robert Best and others who frequented the Stammtisch at the Café Louvre, the unofficial headquarters of foreign journalism in interwar Vienna. Best and Fodor presided at the Stammtisch, where journalists and regular visitors discussed the days news and exchanged information. Because of the relationships Fodor developed; his fluency in several languages spoken in Central Europe; and his encyclopedic knowledge of history, politics and personalities of the region, Fodor had a strong reputation among his fellow journalists. Following the Anschluss, Fodor found himself in considerable personal danger, especially because he had published details of Hitler’s ancestry, and was quickly taken across the Czech border to Bratislava by an American diplomat.