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Tiso, Jozef

Date of birth:
October 13th, 1887 (Velka Bytca, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
April 18th, 1947 (Bratislava, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

Tiso was the president of the First Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945. After the war, he was tried as a war criminal and subsequently sentenced to death. The execution took place on April 18, 1947.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
"In recognition of the sincere Slovak-German friendship and honest work that the Slovak people have done to build a just new Europe."

Presented by Adolf Hitler.
Goldene Grosskreuz des Deutschen Adlerordens, Sonderstufe (mit oder ohne Schwertern)

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