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Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Rule

Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Rule. Czechoslovakia in 1930. Czech Slovak Polish Ukraine Hungarian German . Slovakia as a German Puppet State. The Slovak Republic (1939-45).

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Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Rule

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  1. Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Rule

  2. Czechoslovakia in 1930 Czech Slovak Polish Ukraine Hungarian German

  3. Slovakia as a German Puppet State

  4. The Slovak Republic (1939-45) • Forced alliance with Germany • Hitler did not want country to align with Hungary in 1939 • “Offered” independence in return for protection from Hungary and Poland • Josef Tiso agreed, fearing division • Became a puppet regime • Hitler wanted as base for attacks on Poland • Slovak army fought Poland and Hungary in 1939 • Adopted aspects of Nazism

  5. The Slovak Republic (1939-45) • Hinkla’s Slovak People’s Party • Jewish Code passed in 1941 • Jews must wear yellow armbands, banned from intermarriage and many jobs • Agreed to deport Jews as opposed to providing Slovak workers for the war effort • Slovaks paid to have Jews deported • Deportations halted for awhile in 1942 after Vatican and certain leaders protested

  6. The Slovak Republic (1939-45) • Officials said they were not aware they were being sent to gas chambers • 1944: Deportations resumed, Slovakia occupied, Uprising suppressed • 105 ,000 Slovak Jews died during the war • 77% of pre-war population

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