Kochmann was born Sala Rosenbaum in
Rzeszow, Poland. She later lived in Berlin, studied to be a kindergarten teacher, and worked at a nursery school. Sala married
Martin Kochmann in 1938. Kochmann was one of the first members of the
Baum Group, an anti-Nazi resistance group founded by
Herbert Baum. The group printed and distributed anti-Nazi literature and organized activities. On May 18, 1942, Sala and Martin Kochmann and other members of the Baum Group along with members of another anti-Nazi group
set fire to Das Sowjetparadies (The Soviet Paradise), an anti-Soviet exhibit in Berlin's
Lustgarten. Sala Kochmann was arrested on May 23, 1942. She jumped out of the window of the police station and was taken to the Jewish hospital due to her injuries. While there, she relayed information to other group members via
Charlotte Pach, a nurse and Baum Group member who worked at the hospital. Kochmann was taken to her trial on a stretcher. ==Death==