Slovak Wartime President Tiso's Supporters Push for Inclusion on Communist Victims Memorial

Supporters of Jozef Tiso, Slovakia's wartime president who collaborated with Nazi Germany, are advocating for his inclusion on memorials commemorating victims of communism. Tiso was executed after World War II as part of the broader European denazification process that saw thousands of Nazi collaborators face similar fates across the continent. The Slovak wartime state, led by Tiso from 1939-1945, was a Nazi client regime that participated in the Holocaust and deported most of Slovakia's Jewish population. His execution in 1947 by the post-war Czechoslovak government has become a contentious historical issue, with some viewing him as a martyr while others maintain he was justly punished for war crimes and collaboration.