Brothers Joseph and Attlian Kappenmann came to San Rafael when it was “little more than a hamlet” and owned and operated numerous drinking establishments over the years. The German-born Kappenmanns immigrated to the United States in the early 1870s and ran Germania Hall, a saloon and billiard parlor that was formerly the Golden Gate Saloon. […]
Holocaust survivor Berta Berkovich Kohút dies in San Rafael at 99
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Berta Berkovich was the last among 40 young Jewish women who survived Auschwitz by sewing cocktail dresses, ball gowns and fancy fashions for the wives of Nazi officers.Tom Areton 2019Show MoreShow Less
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In the fall of 2019, a British historian tracked down 98-year-old Berta Berkovich Kohút at her home in San Rafael to record her World War II story.
The tale took three days to tell. Kohút was the last among 40 young Jewish women who survived Auschwitz by sewing cocktail dresses, ball gowns and fancy fashions for the wives of Nazi officers.