Regina Gradess contributed this comment to JWA: "We place a turnip on our seder plate as a reminder of the weak turnip soup that our family matriarch, my mother, Pearl Rosenzveig, survived on in Bergen Belsen concentration camp. She came out with pleurisy and loose teeth, but she recovered, thanks to Sweden's kindness. Her determination helped her live and make a new life for herself in America where she is now the grandmother of six and the great grandmother of one with one on the way."

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