Jozef Gaspar Tiso, born in Veľká Bytča 
on 13-10-1887, from a Slovak family of seven middle-class children (his father was a butcher) in what was then the kingdom of Hungary. He graduated from the Pasmaneum college in Vienna, 
in 1910, as a theologian. He worked as a Catholic curate in several towns, teaching Slovak spelling, organizing theater performances, and doing cultural work. At the beginning of World War I, Tiso served as a military chaplain. In 1915, he became the director of the local minor seminary at Nitra and a teacher at the Piarist high school in the same town. From 1921 to 1924, Tiso served as the secretary of the local bishop and a teacher at the seminary of divinity at Nitra. In 1924, he became the seminary’s dean and parish priest of the town of Bánovce nad Bebravou 
. Tiso was a Roman Catholic priest and a famous Nazi collaborator as president of Slovakia during World War II.
on 13-10-1887, from a Slovak family of seven middle-class children (his father was a butcher) in what was then the kingdom of Hungary. He graduated from the Pasmaneum college in Vienna, in 1910, as a theologian. He worked as a Catholic curate in several towns, teaching Slovak spelling, organizing theater performances, and doing cultural work. At the beginning of World War I, Tiso served as a military chaplain. In 1915, he became the director of the local minor seminary at Nitra and a teacher at the Piarist high school in the same town. From 1921 to 1924, Tiso served as the secretary of the local bishop and a teacher at the seminary of divinity at Nitra. In 1924, he became the seminary’s dean and parish priest of the town of Bánovce nad Bebravou . Tiso was a Roman Catholic priest and a famous Nazi collaborator as president of Slovakia during World War II.
After serving as a Catholic educator, he rose to leadership in the nationalist Slovak People’s Party 
and became a deputy of the Czechoslova parliament. He went on to serve as a member of the Czechoslovak government and finally became prime minister. After briefly losing power in 1939, he obtained the support of Adolf Hitler
and became the president of the Independent Slovak Republic 
from 1939-1945, allied with Nazi Germany. 
Tiso’s role in the treatment of Slovak Jews during the war has been a source of constant controversy. It is undisputed that Tiso here with SS Obergruppenführer Hermann Julius Höfle, 
personally held anti-Semitic (see Simon Wiesenthal) 
views and that his government enacted harsh anti-Jewish legislation similar to that passed earlier in Nazi Germany. His administration also cooperated with the Nazi plan to deport tens of thousands of Jews to concentration camps . However, his defenders point out that Tiso’s government halted the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz (see Hans Stark)
personally held anti-Semitic (see Simon Wiesenthal) views and that his government enacted harsh anti-Jewish legislation similar to that passed earlier in Nazi Germany. His administration also cooperated with the Nazi plan to deport tens of thousands of Jews to concentration camps . However, his defenders point out that Tiso’s government halted the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz (see Hans Stark)
when it became clear that Jews were being executed in large numbers there. SS Hauptsturmführer, Josef Mengele
infamous for performing human experiments on camp inmates in Auschwitz, including children, for which Mengele was called the “Angel of Death”. Others claim that Tiso played a major part in the extermination process and was Hitler’s willing tool.Hermann Höfle (Augsburg, September 12, 1898 – Bratislava, December 9, 1947) was a German SS-Obergruppenführer. He was a General in the Waffen-SS and the police. From September 1943 he worked as Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) Mitte and from September 1944 as HSSPF Slovakia.
After the war, Höfle, together with SS Obergruppenführer Hanns Elard Ludin 
, was indicted in Bratislava in 1947 and sentenced to death. On 09-12-1947, Höfle was hanged. There is also a statement in the literature that he died in captivity on 03-12-1947, age 47.
, was indicted in Bratislava in 1947 and sentenced to death. On 09-12-1947, Höfle was hanged. There is also a statement in the literature that he died in captivity on 03-12-1947, age 47.Death and burial ground of Tiso, Mgr. Dr. Jozef Gaspar.
When the country was freed from Nazi occupation at the end of World War II, Tiso was found guilty of treason and collaboration with the Nazis by pro-Soviet Czechoslovak authorities. Tiso was hanged on 18-04-1947, age 59 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia and is buried on the Martinsky Cintorin Cemetery. Bratislava, Slowakia.
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