The Kallos Family Book 2022

8 • THE KALLOS FAMILY
The Kallos family
Of this family of five – two adults and three children
– three survived and two perished. The
following people are or were members of the
Kallos family.
Parents
§ Lili-Regina Kallos (née Lazarovics), born
5 November 1903. Survived.
§ Zoltan Kallos, born 10 January 1895. Perished,
aged 50.
The couple, who were married on 22 February
1923 in Ťačovo, had three children.
Children
§ Barbara (Biri), born 25 August 1926. Survived.
§ Ladislav (Laci), born 29 February 1928.
Survived.
§ Marta, born 30 June 1935. Perished, aged 9.
§ Barbara (Babi) Tabak, born 4 September 1924.
Survived. Barbara is listed here because, as
Lily Kallos’ niece, she lived with the Kallos
family.
Zoltan Kallos, hotel owner
Zoltan Kallos, founder of the Kallos Hotel, was
a very successful businessman who also had
several other commercial interests, including
apple exporting, especially to Brno, Moravia. He
also had business dealings in Sighetu Marmaţiei,
Romania, just south of Ťačovo over the Tisa
River. Zoltan, who belonged to many associations
in Ťačovo, always held leading positions in
his community and had a front row seat facing
the rabbi in the Great Synagogue on Hlavní ulica.
Zoltan’s father-in-law Samuel Lazarovics had
the seat beside him.
The former Great Synagogue of Ťačovo is now
a gym and sports stadium in Ukraine on Vulytsya
Nezaležnosti, or Independence Street. During
the postwar Soviet period the street’s name was
changed to Lenin Street. After the Soviet commu-
The Great Synagogue on Hlavní ulica, Ťačovo.
PHOTO RETRIEVED FROM WIKIPEDIA.
Back view of the former Great Synagogue in
what today is Tyachiv, Ukraine. The extension
built into the back of the synagogue belongs to
the Tyachiv Cleaning Company.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY ADALBERT HUBER, 2019.
The former Great Synagogue is now a sports
centre in Ukraine. Note the synagogue’s
original arched windows.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY ADALBERT HUBER, 2019.