Štefan Tiso (October 18, 1897 – March 28, 1959) was a lawyer and president of the Supreme Court of the 1939–1945 Slovak Republic which was a

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. He was a cousin of Josef Tiso, the president of the Republic. Tiso was born in Nagybiccse,

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. He became

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(replacing Vojtech Tuka),

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(replacing also Vojtech Tuka) and

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(replacing Gejza Fritz) of the Slovak Republic. In the latter position in 1944 he pressed for death sentences against leaders of the pro-allied Slovak National Council. Tiso also emphasized his desire to see a Final Solution to the Jewish Question in Slovakia, in discussions with Josef Witiska, the commander of Einsatzgruppe H. He believed that the uprising was the work of Judeo-Bolshevik plotters and considered Jews " enemies of the state". In a postwar trial, Štefan Tiso was given a life sentence. He died in prison in

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Národný (Ľudový) súd 1945 – 48
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