Teodor Brateș

Teodor Brateş was a Romanian radio (1949–1958) and television journalist (1960–1990). Having a jewish origin in 1956 he changed his name Froim Bernard to Brateș Teodor. He received a Ph.D. in Economics. Brateş was the assistant chief editor of the Romanian Public Television News Department during the last years of Nicolae Ceauşescu's regime.

He is mostly remembered today for his role in the Romanian Revolution, when he was on air for almost 70 hours during the 22nd, 23rd and 24 December 1989. He was also the one who announced Ceaușescu's arrest on 25 December.

Works
''Teodor Brateş, Explozia unei clipe. O zi in studioul 4 (English: "The Explosion of Moments, a Day in Studio 4"), 22 December 1989 (Bucuresti, Scripta, 1992); Trilogia Revoluţiei Române în Direct'' (English: Trilogy of the Romanian Revolution), 3 volumes, 1500 pg., ed. Ager-Economistul, 2004.