Alexander (Sandór) Kalmár (geb. Kohn)

Sandór Kohn was born in Steinamanger (Szombathely) in Hungary as the legitimate son of the merchant Sigmund Kohn and his wife Rosa, née Altmann. Very little has been preserved about Sandór Kohn, but the family is Jewish.

In 1918, he changed his surname to 'Kalmár', used the German version of Sandór 'Alexander', moved to Vienna in 1922 and married the Jewish Charlotte Getzl. He entered the civil service and became a civil servant.

In the 1930s, Alexander Kalmár actively campaigned against National Socialism. Exactly how and in what way has unfortunately not been preserved.

On March 12, 1938, Alexander Kalmár witnessed the demise of free and independent Austria with the invasion of the German Wehrmacht. He was arrested by the Gestapo on March 14, 1938 due to his opposition to National Socialism and deported on April 2, 1938 on the so-called 'Prominent Transport' to the Dachau concentration camp. He was deported from there on 23rd