[1] Berta Bergman was born 10 May 1894 in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary (modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina) to a family of German-speaking Jews.

[2] Despite the family having a strong financial income, Bergman's mother vowed to secure a higher education for her daughters.

[4] In February 1912, the Croatian newspaper Narodna obrana published a report saying that Berta was the first female in Bosnia and Herzegovina to graduate from school.

[3] Bergman's career as a pediatrician took her across the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia, including Banja Luka and Mostar.

She was imprisoned twice; the capture on 15 January 1945 led to her deportation to Jasenovac concentration camp, where she was killed by the Ustaše.