National Court in Bratislava

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The National Court in Bratislava was a post-World War II Czechoslovak judicial body that conducted major political and war-crimes trials, including that of Slovak president Jozef Tiso.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf post-World War II tribunal
special court
associatedWithRegimeChange fall of the wartime Slovak State
country Czechoslovakia
establishedInPeriod post-World War II
historicalContext postwar retribution against collaborators
prosecution of wartime collaboration with Nazi Germany
jurisdiction Czechoslovakia
Slovak lands
languageOfProceedings Czech
Slovak
legalBasis Czechoslovak postwar retribution decrees
legalSystem Czechoslovak law
locatedIn Bratislava
Slovakia
notableTrial trial of Jozef Tiso
partOf Czechoslovak system of extraordinary people’s courts
primaryFunction conduct political trials
conduct war-crimes trials
regionServed Slovak part of Czechoslovakia
roleInHistory central institution of postwar political justice in Slovakia
seat Bratislava
successorStateContext Third Czechoslovak Republic
timePeriod immediate post-World War II years
triedCategoryOfDefendants high-ranking Slovak political leaders
persons accused of participation in persecution of Jews
wartime collaborators
triedOfficeHolder President of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
triedPerson Jozef Tiso
typeOfCrimesTried crimes against the state
political offenses
war crimes

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jozef Tiso
trialBy
Vojtech Tuka
triedBy

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