Günter Gaus

After finishing school with his Abitur, he studied history and German at the University of Munich. He didn't finish his studies because he was already working as a journalist. In 1958 Gaus began working as a political editor at "Spiegel". In 1961 he moved to the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", where he attracted attention mainly through his portraits until 1965. At this time he also began working regularly at Second German Television (ZDF). On April 10, 1963, the first broadcast of the interview series "On the Person - Portraits in Question and Answer" was broadcast. His first guest was the then Federal Minister of Economics Ludwig Erhard. He later continued the series, sometimes under different titles, on different channels. During the broadcast, only his interview partners were visible, Gaus always from behind, which earned him the nickname "most famous back of the head". Two years later, in 1965, Günter Gaus was appointed program director and deputy director of Südwestfunk. In the same year