Bergman (Bergmann) (née Kan) Ruta Alexandrovna (born 1925, Riga) – employee.

Ruta Bergman was born into the family of Alexander Ludwigovich Kan (1888, Smolensk – 1945, Kilmez, Kirov Region) and Maria Elkhanovna Kan (née Gochberg) (1895–1966, Riga). She studied at Rauhverger's School (1934–1941).

During the war, Ruta Bergman was evacuated to Kilmez, Kirov Region, where she completed nine years of secondary school (1945).

After returning to Riga, in 1945–1949 she worked as a translator in prisoner-of-war camps and in 1950–1953 – archivist at the Historical Archive.

1953–1958 she was a homemaker and in 1958–1971 – a manicurist at the Laimdoma hairdressing trust.

Ruta was married to Shleima Berovich Bergman (born 1927, Riga), with whom she had a daughter Etya Shleimovna Bergman (born 1953, Riga).

In 1971, Ruta Bergman was granted permission to emigrate to Israel, where her cousin, Ruven Brener (born 1921, Riga), was living.

Family:

  • Alexander Ludwigovich Kan (1888–1945) – father

  • Maria Elkhanovna Kan (née Gochberg) (1895–1966) – mother

  • Konrad Alexandrovich Kan (born 1921, Riga – killed in action near Smolensk, 1942) – brother

  • [[en:people:bergman_shleima|Shleima Berovich Bergman]] (born 1927) – husband

  • [[en:people:bergman_etya|Etya Shleimovna Bergman]] (born 1953) – daughter

  • Ruven Brener (born 1921) – cousin