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Tiso

American  
[tee-soh] / ˈti soʊ /

noun

  1. Josef 1887–1947, Slovak Roman Catholic clergyman and politician.


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Tiso led the clero-fascist Slovak State, a client state of Nazi Germany, between 1939 and 1945.

From BBC

Slovakia was led during World War II by a Catholic priest and president, Jozef Tiso, who oversaw some of the harshest anti-Jewish laws in Europe.

From Seattle Times

Slovakia declared its independence from Czechoslovakia on March 14, 1939 and became a Nazi puppet state with a politician and Roman Catholic priest Jozef Tiso becoming the country’s president.

From Seattle Times

Tiso was sentenced to death and hanged in 1947.

From Seattle Times

Peter Tiso, who works with Multnomah County’s Joint Office of Homeless Services, told the Oregonian/OregonLive.com that the Oregon Convention Center can hold about 300 people, but no one will be turned away from the cooling shelter.

From Washington Times