Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-18 | Page 5 | Czechs Execute Nazi Puppet |

Type	issue
Date	1947-04-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Czechs Execute Nazi Puppet
Type	article
Date	1947-04-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	5
OCR Text	Show Czechs Execute Nazi Puppet BRATISLAVA April 18 UP UP- UP Grasping rasping a rosary and murmuring a prayer Father Jo Josef er Tiso was hanged Friday for his wartime crimes against Czechoslovakia as ashead ashead ashead head of ot the sponsored Nazi-sponsored Slovakian Slovakian Slovakian republic Tiso a Roman Catholic priest who turned to politics was wearIng wearing wearing wear wear- ing a clerical garb garb garb-a a black serge suit and priests priest's collar when collar when his body plunged through the trap door The Republic of Slovakia part parl of or prewar Czechoslovakia was setup set setup up as a puppet state by the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans in March 1939 and Tiso was elected president the following October He was captured by bj American forces in June 1945 and handed over to the Czech govern govern- ment mente
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