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Today in History: President Tiso labels Jews parasites amid deportations

8/16/2026

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On 16 August 1942, Slovak President and Catholic priest Jozef Tiso addressed a crowd in Holíc, openly defending the state’s deportation of Jews. He labeled Jews “parasites” and “the eternal enemy,” arguing the removals were economically essential and morally justified by Christian doctrine, cementing his complicity in the Holocaust.

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On 16 August 1942, Slovak President and Catholic priest Jozef Tiso addressed a crowd in Holíc, openly defending the state’s deportation of Jews. He labeled Jews “parasites” and “the eternal enemy,” arguing the removals were economically essential and morally justified by Christian doctrine, cementing his complicity in the Holocaust.