Jozef Tiso

Joseph Tiso was a Slovak politician who lived from 1887 to 1947. He became the first president of Slovakia in 1939, when the country was separated from Czechoslovakia and became a puppet state of Nazi Germany.

Tiso was a Roman Catholic priest before he entered politics, and he used his religious influence to support Slovak nationalism. He believed that Slovakia should have its own independent state, separate from Czechoslovakia.

During World War II, Tiso cooperated with the Nazis and allowed them to deport Slovak Jews to concentration camps. He also supported the Slovak state's participation in the war on the side of Nazi Germany.

After the war, Tiso was arrested and tried for war crimes and collaboration with the Nazis. He was found guilty and executed in 1947.

Category:Roman Catholic priests
Category:Slovak politicians
Category:World War II political leaders
Category:Holocaust perpetrators
Category:War criminals
Category:Fascists
Category:Anti-Masonry
Category:1887 births
Category:1947 deaths
Category:Executed people