widely perceived as being more qualified to manage the state. Germany however never stopped supporting the radicals and frequently utilized them to pressure the Slovak puppet state. After the German occupation of Slovakia in 1944 and the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, the insurgent Slovak National Council (Slovenská národná rada or the SNR) declared the restoration of Czechoslovakia. On September 1, 1944, the SNR banned the HSĽS and all of its organisations such as the Hlinka Guard and Hlinka Youth, and confiscated their property. Although the uprising was later violently suppressed, the HSĽS never fully regained its authority. The party ceased to exist after the liberation of Slovakia by Czechoslovak troops and by the Red Army in April–May 1945. Many of the party's members and supporters were prosecuted for war crimes in post war Czechoslovakia. Names 1905–1925: Slovak People's Party (Slovenská ľudová strana, short SĽS) 1925–1938: Hlinka's Slovak People's Party (Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana, short HSĽS) 1938–1945: Hlinka's Slovak People's Party – Party of Slovak National Unity (Hlinkova slovenská ľudová strana – Strana slovenskej národnej jednoty, short HSĽS-SSNJ) Election results See also Andrej Hlinka Jozef Tiso Slovaks in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) History of Czechoslovakia History of Slovakia Hlinka Guard - The armed wing of the party List of defunct paramilitary organizations Further reading References Sources 1913 establishments in Slovakia 1913 establishments in Austria-Hungary Antisemitism in Slovakia Antiziganism in Slovakia Banned far-right parties Catholic political parties Catholicism and far-right politics Collaboration with the Axis Powers Conservative parties in Slovakia Defunct political parties in Slovakia Far-right political parties in Slovakia Fascist parties The Holocaust in Slovakia Late modern Christian antisemitism Parties of one-party systems Political history of Slovakia Political parties established in 1913 Political parties disestablished in 1945 Political parties in Czechoslovakia Political parties with anti-Hungarian sentiment Right-wing politics in Slovakia Right-wing parties in Europe