Vojtech Tuka

Politician

1880 – 1946

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Who was Vojtech Tuka?

Vojtech "Béla" Tuka was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic between 1940 and 1945. Tuka was one the main forces behind the deportation of Slovak Jews to Nazi concentration camps in German occupied Poland. He was the leader of the radical wing of the Slovak People's Party.

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Born
Jul 4, 1880
Štiavnické Bane
Ethnicity
  • Slovaks
Profession
Died
Aug 20, 1946
Bratislava

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on July 23, 2013

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