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Jozef Tiso

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The Resume

    (October 13, 1887-April 18, 1947)
    Born in Bytca, Slovak Republic
    Catholic priest
    Leader in the Slovak People's Party
    Member of the Czechoslovakian Parliament (1925-38)
    Czechoslovak Minister of Health (1927-29)
    Headed the Slovak autonomous region (1938-39)
    President of the Slovak Republic (1939-45)
    Found guilty of treason and collaborating with Nazi Germany (April 15, 1947)
    Executed by hanging

Why he might be annoying:

    He wrote antisemitic newspaper articles claiming that the Slovaks were 'enslaved by Jews.'
    He established a fascist government in Slovakia.
    He accepted German SS 'advisers' on 'the Jewish question.'
    His government banned Jews from owning real estate, holding public office, attending universities or participating in sporting events and required Jews to wear the Star of David in public.
    He deported over 50,000 Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.
    After an unsuccessful rebellion against his regime, the German army occupied Slovakia, leaving him as a figurehead (August, 1944).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served on the front lines as a chaplain in WWI.
    He initially resisted selling out Czechoslovakia to Germany.
    He agreed to declare Slovak independence 'under German protection' after Hitler threatened that otherwise Hungary would be allowed to annex all of Slovakia.
    He stopped the deportation of Jews in the wake of protests from the Vatican (1943).
    His execution was bungled, resulting in his slowly strangling to death.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying