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44 • THE KALLOS FAMILYSunday, 20 September; his message was writtentwelve days later. How and when the photo wasdelivered is unknown.During World War 1 Samuel was a platooncommander (equivalent to sergeant) in the 12thDefence Infantry Regiment. Because he sufferedfrom rheumatic disease, he was treatedat Mária-Valéria Barrack Hospital in Budapest,a hospital barracks created in the castleof the Wallsee Palace by Archduchess Marie-Valerie of Austria, daughter of Franz Joseph I ofAustria and Elisabeth of Bavaria, who residedin the palace with her husband. The phoneticcard pictured on page 44 is a record of Samuel’s1918 hospitalisation. This record is of primeimportance because it includes a lot of personaldetails. Samuel returned to the army cadre ingood health on 28 January 1918.After he was discharged from hospital Samuelfought in Romania and Siberia; in 1918, afterbeing shot in the knee, he was discharged fromthe army. At the end of the war, on the eleventhThe translation of this newspaper clipping isas follows: ‘Samuel Lazarovits, Butcher. Joinedthe 12th Defence Infantry Regiment in 1914.Was discharged at the end of 1918. He was onthe battlefield in Serbia and Romania and wasshot in the knee. Rank: Platoon leader.’TRANSLATION BY JUDIT KEGLY.hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month,the Hungarian army suffered a complete militarycollapse and the Austro–Hungarian empiredissolved.Post World War 1 Samuel returned to hisbeloved home town of Técső, only to find thatit was becoming part of newly created Czechoslovakia.In the first Czech population censusof 15 February 1921 Samuel and Sara Lazarovicsand their three daughters were all at home at33 Hustska ulica, Ťačovo.Samuel and SarahLazarovics’ 1921Czech censusform. This wasthe first censustaken afterCzechoslovakiawas formedfollowing thebreakup ofthe Austro–Hungarianempire. Thecensus isnow storedin Berehovo,Ukraine.PHOTO PROVIDED BYADALBERT HUBER.
PART 2: THE LAZAROVICS FAMILY • 45Samuel Lazarovics in CzechoslovakiaUnder Czech rule the situation of Jews improvedbut some Jews continue to support the defeatedHungarian empire. Samuel was one of them. InCzechoslovakia, having been blacklisted as a Hungariansupporter who demonstrated against theCzech government, Samuel became persona nongrata, which meant he could no longer continueto work in his butcher shop. In 1920 newlywedAvraham and Berta Ruttner moved into 35Hustska ulica, just two doors away from the Lazarovics.Berta owned a delicatessen and food store– Berta Ruttner’s Mixed Grocery Store – which sheran from the front of their home. Avraham, whoowned a successful apple exporting business,often did his paperwork at home and helped hiswife in the store. It is likely that is why, with timeon his hands, Samuel often visited his neighbours,whose company he enjoyed despite an agedifference of about twenty years. Even thoughthe Ruttners and Lazarovics were friendly neighboursfor years, Biri Kallos and Lily Ruttner didnot meet each other until the early 1940s.In order to make an income, Samuel’s wifeSarah, together with their youngest daughterIlonka, opened a delicatessen and coffee housein the town centre on Hlavní ulica. They renteda large space from the aristocratic HungarianMandics family, who owned a lot of property inŤačovo. The delicatessen was in the front of theshop and at the back, separated by a curtain,was a coffee lounge. The coffee lounge servedonly a sweet breakfast of túrós delkeli, a cheesepastry particular to that region, similar in styleto a soft flaky Danish pastry filled with cottagecheese that was a served with very hot coffee,especially during the long, cold winters. Due tothe unavailability of coffee beans at that time,the beverage was made from malt, which tastedsimilar to coffee.As good cooks and bakers specialising indelkeli, Sarah and Ilonka attracted businessmenfrom all over the Ťačovo district. Ilonka, wholived with her parents, was a hard worker; atnight, after the café closed, she made the doughfor the next day’s bake. Then, in the morning,she rose at 4 o’clock to bake. Walking almost2 kilometres through the snow in winter, in heatin summer she carried the delkeli to the shop.Ilonka also took sweets and chocolates fromthe delicatessen to sell at dances held at theKorona Hotel. Biri recalls going with Babi to thedances where the non-Jewish Hungarian boysbought chocolates from Ilonka and stuffed theminto the girls’ pockets when they danced. Biriand Babi would return to the Kallos Hotel withpockets full of chocolates. Lily Ruttner was notpermitted to accompany her girlfriends on thisnight outing as her parents were religious anddid not approve of their daughter mixing withnon-Jewish boys.Hungary reoccupies ŤačovoSamuel was very happy when, in March 1939, theHungarians marched back into Ťačovo, unawarethat these Hungarian soldiers were Nazi collaboratorswho grew up in a Hungary that blamedthe Jews for the dismemberment of the Austro–Hungarian empire following its defeat in WorldWar 1. In her 1999 interview that was conductedin Rotterdam, Biri Kallos recalled this incidentconcerning her grandfather.Samuel had this little beard. He was a veryhandsome man with a little beard. A youngsoldier approached him and pulled his beard.He then gave him a slap in the face; a younglad of, let’s say, 20 years, lays hands on a manwho was such a great patriot and was alreadymore than 60 years old. I have never seen my
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