[2][3][4] He had a younger brother, Rudolf Domany who also fought with Partisans during World War II and who was the husband of Eva Grlić until his death.

[3][4] During World War II, he was imprisoned at the concentration camps in France from which he was deported to Nazi Germany for forced labour in a Junkers factory.

[3][4] At the beginning of 1942, Italian fascists, with help from Chetniks, captured Domany with fellow fighters Drago Štajnberger, Branko Latas, and Stevo Čuturilo.

[3][4] On 24 July 1953, Domany was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia by Josip Broz Tito.

[2][4] The four men's bodies were found in 1966 by a British caving team after which they were buried in a common grave in Plaški.