The Kallos Family Book 2022

PART 1: THE KALLOS FAMILY • 37
London, where Iren occasionally visited them.
When Iren was in an aged care home Babi and
Jack flew with their grandchildren to Toronto
to see her. After all their years of separation,
anguish and heartbreak, they cherished the
family bond.
Iren, who was known for her refined manner
and heart of gold, died in Toronto in 1993 at the
age of 92.
Jack Roscoe wanted to convert to Judaism,
but after the war Babi was not interested in anything
Jewish. Jack worked as a tax inspector,
and then a high school maths teacher, while
Babi developed a successful antique business at
the Portobello market. They lived in a beautiful,
large, corner home in London decorated with
rugs and precious art work. After his retirement,
Jack helped Babi in her antique stall. He died
in 1996. Babi carried on with her stall into her
eighties. She died in 2018 aged 94.
The Lazarovics sisters
The Lazarovics sisters – Iren Tabak, Lili Kallos
and Ilonka Einhorn Kohn, daughters of Samuel
and Sarah Lazarovics – were finally reunited
postwar when Iren flew from London to Netanya,
Israel, for a reunion.
The Ickovic family
Gizella Ickovic and her three daughters,
Malivna, Sheindy and Fritzi, survived, as did
their brother Leibe who survived the Hungarian
Labour Service because he had a humane Hungarian
commander who told him to take a few
friends and escape to Budapest. Leibe managed
to hide in Budapest until the war ended. After
the war, all five Ickovic survivors emigrated to
the USA.
Each Ickovic sibling married and had children.
After the death of her husband Gizella did
not remarry; she died aged 94 in New Jersey in
May 1993.
When they were in Birkenau, Gizella contracted
an ear infection that became life
threatening when she moved to Lübberstedt–
Bilohe. A female guard there saved her life.
Postwar, the Ickovics remained close to the
Kallos family. The families had lived near each
other in Ťačovo and shared the same barracks
in Birkenau and later Lübberstedt–Bilohe. Biri
was especially friendly with Sheindy Ickovic;
they had attended the same Chust gymnasium
together. Biri twice flew with her husband from
Israel to the USA to visit the Ickovics, who also
visited Biri in Israel.
The Lazarovics sisters, Lili, Ilonka and Iren,
were finally reunited postwar when Iren flew
from London to Netanya for a reunion (see
page 10 for a photo of the sisters prewar).
PHOTO PROVIDED BY BARBARA KALLOS.
Edith Las (née Sheindy
Ickovic), 12 December
1995, Brooklyn.
Frimet (Fritzi)
Friedman (née Ickovic),
1996, New Jersey.
(See page 20 for a photo of the sisters as children.)
PHOTOS COURTESY OF USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, USA.