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Tido J. Gaspar (1893 - 1972), Slovak journalist, writer, cultural worker, playwright, public figure, ideologist and politician, a prominent figure of the Bratislava bohemian community. He studied in Martin, worked as a sailor, and was a member of the Slovak Parliament for the HSLS. In 1940 he became charge d'affaires in Switzerland, in 1941-1945 he was head of the Propaganda Office of the Slovak State. In 1945 he was arrested and sentenced to thirty years. He was released in 1963 after an amnesty was granted. Tido J. Gaspar is an interesting but controversial figure in our history. He has much to do with raising Slovak awareness. The book also tells how he went from being a simple village boy to the king of Bratislava nightclubs, the head of the Propaganda Office of the Slovak State, and how he linked his future with fascist Germany. He often dined and held talks with President Jozef Tiso. In prison, where he is serving a long sentence, the devil's advocate talks to him about where he went wrong, what he was wrong about. His tragedy was that he was too passionate about the Slovak cause, an independent Slovak state, for which he was, as it were, willing to sign a contract with the devil. The figure of advocatus diaboli allowed the author to ask questions and seek answers to the difficult decisions and actions of the wartime Slovak state in fictional dialogues.
