Joachim von Ribbentrop
Slovak and Ukrainian nationalism grew more intense. On 10 March, the Hlinka Guard and "Volksdeutsche" demonstrated, demanding independence from Czecho-Slovakia. In the evening of 13 March, Slovak leader Jozef Tiso and Ďurčanský met Adolf Hitler, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Generals Walther von Brauchitsch and Wilhelm Keitel in Berlin.