Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia join the Axis alliance
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Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia join the Axis alliance
Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia join with Nazi-[glossary_exclude]allied[/glossary_exclude] forces: the Axis.
“The Jewish Codex” adopted in Slovak Republic
The Slovak government adopts “The Jewish Codex,” a comprehensive packet of anti-Jewish laws among the strictest such measures to be found in any European country. The 270 paragraphs of the Codex include measures to define the term “Jew” based on strictly racial criteria, ban Jews from membership in organizations of any kind, require the wearing of a Jewish badge, curtail Jewish citizens’ ability to own businesses, property, or bank accounts. The combined effect of the Jewish Codex is the complete exclusion of Jews from public life in Slovakia.
Hlinka Guard established
The paramilitary unit of the pro-Nazi Slovak People’s Party (HSL’S), named after Slovak nationalist Andrej Hlinka. The group supported the right-wing party’s goal of achieving Slovakian independence and, after the establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1939, the consolidation of authoritarian power in the new regime and the persecution and vilification of Jews, Czechs, and political opponents.
Oscar Sladek is born in Prešov, Czechoslovakia
Frici and Irene Štaub welcome their first son, Oskar. Later, the family will change their last name to Sladek, and Oskar will change the spelling of his name to Oscar. Oscar is born in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia and belongs to a Slovak Jewish population that numbers over 136,000 in 1930.