Štefan Tiso (October 18, 1897 – March 28, 1959) was a lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the
1939–1945 Slovak Republic which was a
puppet state of
Nazi Germany. He was a cousin of
Josef Tiso, the president of the Republic.
Tiso war born in
Nagybiccse,
Kingdom of Hungary.
He became
prime minister (replacing
Vojtech Tuka
Vojtech Lázar "Béla" Tuka (4 July 1880 – 20 August 1946) was a Slovak politician who served as prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the First Slovak Republic between 1939 and 1945. Tuka was one of the main forces behind the depor ...
),
Foreign Minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
(replacing also Vojtech Tuka) and
minister of Justice (replacing
Gejza Fritz) of the Slovak Republic. In the latter position in 1944 he pressed for death sentences against leaders of the pro-allied
Slovak National Council. Tiso also emphasized his desire to see a
Final Solution to the Jewish Question in Slovakia, in discussions with , the commander of
Einsatzgruppe H
Einsatzgruppe H was one of the '' Einsatzgruppen'', the paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany. A special task force of more than 700 soldiers, it was created at the end of August 1944 to deport or murder the remaining Jews in Slovakia followi ...
. He believed that the uprising was the work of
Judeo-Bolshevik plotters and considered Jews "
enemies of the state".
In a postwar trial, Štefan Tiso was given a life sentence. He died in prison in
Mírov
Mírov (german: Mürau) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Geography
Mírov is located about southwest of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. It lies in th ...
,
Czechoslovakia.
References
Národný (Ľudový) súd 1945 – 48
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1897 births
1959 deaths
People from Bytča
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Slovak People's Party politicians
Czechoslovak people who died in prison custody
Prisoners who died in Czechoslovak detention
Czechoslovak prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Czechoslovakia
Prime Ministers of Slovakia
Holocaust perpetrators in Slovakia
Slovak anti-communists
Antisemitism in Slovakia