The Kallos Family Book 2022

42 • THE KALLOS FAMILY
Of the five members of the Lazarovics family
– two adults and three children – the adults perished
and the children survived. The following
people were members of the Lazarovics family.
§ Samuel Lazarovics (spelt with a ‘c’ in most
official documents, but sometimes with a ‘t’ –
Lazaravits), born 1876. Perished
§ Sarah (Szerena) Lazarovics (née Stark),
born 1882. Perished.
§ Samuel and Sarah had three children.
§ Iren Tabak (née Lazarovics), Babi and Ernst’s
mother, born 27 December 1901. Survived.
§ Lili-Regina Kallos (née Lazarovics), Biri, Laci
and Martha’s mother, born 5 November 1903.
Survived.
§ Ilona Einhorn Kohn (née Lazarovics),
born 3 January 1908. Survived.
§ Mor, a son, born 9 January 1907, died from
pneumonia three months later on 18 April 1907.
Samuel’s World War 1 military service
During World War 1 Samuel fought for the Hungarian
empire, as did all Jewish conscription
age male citizens of the then Austro–Hungarian
empire. He sent this photo of himself in army
uniform with a message, dated 2 October 1914,
written on the back to his mother-in-law.
Part of the message is missing, but it appears
Samuel may have been expressing some
torment. In 1914 the Jewish new year began on
Samuel and Sarah Lazarovics
Before World War 1, Biri Kallos’ maternal grandparents,
Samuel and Sarah Lazarovics, and their
three daughters – Iren, Lili and Ilonka – lived at
33 Hustska utca, Técső, which had been a part of
Hungary for centuries. ‘Hustska’ means ‘towards
Chust’, which was the nearest large town; the
road was so named as it was the route to Chust,
spelt ‘Huszt’ in ancient Hungarian.
The Lazarovics’ house, which was very tall,
had many steps to the front entrance. Its rear
garden was full of pear, plum and apple trees,
as well as the purple prune plums that make
powidal jam, a specialty of the region. There was
a stable for horses and cows and the courtyard
contained a well, which was available to their
next-door neighbour free of charge. Samuel, a
butcher who came from a long line of butchers,
had his shop at the front of his home.
In this photo, taken in Budapest on 2 October
1914, Samuel Lazarovics, who fought in the
Hungarian army for Austria–Hungary (and
Germany), is seen wearing his World War 1
Hungarian army uniform.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY BARBARA KALLOS.