Slovakia tends to manifest as attempts to absolve the Tiso government of blame by deflecting responsibility onto Germans and Jews. A 1997 textbook by Milan Stanislav Ďurica and endorsed by the government sparked international controversy (and was eventually withdrawn from the school curriculum) because it portrayed Jews as living happily in labor camps during the war. Tiso and the Slovak State have been the focus of Catholic and ultranationalist commemorations. The neo-Nazi Kotleba party, which is represented in the national parliament and the European Parliament and is especially popular with younger voters, promotes a positive view of the Slovak State. Its leader, Marian Kotleba, once described Jews as "devils in human skin". Members of the party have been charged with Holocaust denial, which has been a criminal offense since 2001. See also Historiography of the Holocaust in Slovakia Notes References Citations Sources Books Book chapters Book reviews Theses Journal articles Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Web Jewish Slovak history The Holocaust by country Antisemitism in Slovakia Slovakia during World War II Murder in Slovakia Germany–Slovakia relations