Vandot was born in Kranjska Gora in Upper Carniola, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Slovenia.
Under the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he was employed as a railway official in Maribor.
In 1941, after the area was annexed by Germany, Vandot was deported to Croatia.
He was killed in the Allied bombing of Slavonski Brod in 1944.
A street is now named for him in Kranjska Gora.
Vandot was born in Kranjska Gora in Upper Carniola, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Slovenia. Under the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he was employed as a railway official in Maribor. In 1941, after the area was annexed by Germany, Vandot was deported to Croatia. He was killed in the Allied bombing of Slavonski Brod in 1944. A street is now named for him in Kranjska Gora.
Josip Vandot