Gejza Fritz

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Gejza Fritz (1941)

Gejza Fritz (born September 19, 1880 in Solivar (today a part of Prešov ); † February 20, 1957 ibid) was a Slovak and Czechoslovak lawyer , politician and functionary of the Slovak People's Party . From 1939 to 1944 he was Minister of Justice of the First Slovak Republic .

Life

Fritz was one of the oldest members of the Slovak People's Party and was considered one of the leading representatives of the Catholic-conservative party wing around Jozef Tiso . His daughter was married to a Jew.

From 1925 to 1935 he was a member of the Slovak People's Party in the Czechoslovak Parliament. From 1935 to 1938 he served as a senator. Together with other leading functionaries, Fritz campaigned for the autonomy of Slovakia within the Czechoslovak Republic. From 1938 to 1939 he was a member of the autonomous Slovak national parliament .

After the proclamation of Slovak independence by Hitler's grace, Fritz became Minister of Justice. He also held the post of chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court from 1939 to 1944 and was a member of the so-called "State Council" between 1940 and 1943.

At the end of October 1940, the fascist Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka Fritz tried to get Fritz fired and replaced by the pro-Nazi politician Zoltán Finka . However, President Tiso refused to reshuffle Tuka's government, and Fritz kept his ministerial post until September 1944.

After the end of the Second World War he was sentenced to two years in prison by the Czechoslovak People's Court ( "Národný súd" ).

literature

  • Milan S. Ďurica: Dejiny Slovenska a Slovákov , Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1995, ISBN 80-08-01427-X
  • Hans Lemberg (Hrsg.): Studia Slovaca: Studies on the history of the Slovaks and Slovakia , ceremony for the 65th birthday of Jörg K. Hoensch. Oldenbourg, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-486-56521-4 (= publications of the Collegium Carolinum , Volume 93).
  • Peter Sokolovič: HLINKOVA GARDA 1938–1945 , Ústav pamäti národa, Bratislava 2009, ISBN 978-80-89335-10-7 .
  • Karol Sidor: Denníky 1930–1939 , Ústav pamäti národa, Bratislava 2010, ISBN 978-80-89335-23-7 .
  • Milan S. Ďurica: Dejiny Slovenska a Slovákov , Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1995, ISBN 80-08-01427-X
personal data
SURNAME Fritz, Gejza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Solivar (today part of Prešov )
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1957
Place of death Solivar (today part of Prešov )