What is Jozef Tiso?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2010-0049, Josef Tiso.jpg|thumb|Jozef Tiso in 1936]] '''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 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 camp]]s. He also supported the Slovak state's participation in the war on the side of Nazi Germany. After the war, Tiso was [[arrest]]ed and [[trial|tried]] for [[war crime]]s and collaboration with the Nazis. He was found guilty and [[execution|executed]] in 1947. {{person-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiso, Jozef}} [[Category:Slovak politicians]] [[Category:World War II political leaders]] [[Category:Holocaust perpetrators]] [[Category:War criminals]] [[Category:1887 births]] [[Category:1947 deaths]] [[Category:Executed people]]