sentences:  It was also the national anthem of the First Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945 as "Hej, Slováci" ()
  
  Tomášik was born in Jelšavská Teplica, now Gemerské Teplice.His is education began in Jelšava and Gemer.He studied at secondary school in Rožňava and later he continued with studies on lyceum in Kežmarok, Kraków and Wieliczka.