Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:48:40 +0200https://english.radio.cz/jozef-tiso-slovak-statehood-bitter-price-allegiance-nazi-germany-8098669© 2026 Radio Prague International One of the most controversial figures of Slovak wartime history remains Jozef Tiso. To this day the president of the first distinctly Slovak state often comes in for both praise and criticism. He brought Slovaks statehood, but at the bitter price of allegiance to Nazi Germany. But both Tiso's defenders and critics often forget that Tiso was not the decisive element in creating a new state. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/tiso_jozef.jpg?timestamp=1591384133 https://english.radio.cz/jozef-tiso-slovak-statehood-bitter-price-allegiance-nazi-germany-8098669 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9