A The Holocaust is 90 years old the NYC survivor moved to Israel last month – and says she has no plans to step back from the front lines in the wake of the devastating attacks by Hamas.
Lucy Lipiner — who arrived in NYC as a 16-year-old Holocaust survivor from Poland — told The Post from Tel Aviv on Monday that she remains determined and ready to contemplate any evil that may come her way.
“My friends in the US begged me to come back. They said I will not help Israel permanently and will not rest until I return,” said Lipiner.
“I said, ‘Listen, I love the US – I know what the US has done for me and my family, it’s good for us – but I’m not running and I’m not going anywhere. I’m not afraid for myself.’”
Laughing wryly, the non-family member added, “Listen, I’m not going to die young.”
Lipiner has called NYC home since 1949. Just a few months ago, in September, he felt compelled to “move home” to Israel and “be with my people,” never imagining the massacre that would take place a month later.
“Knowing about this attack before I moved would not have changed my mind. Running is not who I am,” he says from his temporary apartment in Tel Aviv without a safe room.
Lucy Lipiner — who arrived in NYC as a 16-year-old Holocaust survivor from Poland — told The Post that she remains determined and ready to contemplate any evil that may come her way. Twitter/Lucy Lipiner She moved to Israel last month and says she has no plans to step back from the front lines.Instagram/Lucy Lipiner
During the Hamas surprise attack on Saturday, Lipiner said she gathered up her Shih Tzu, Seed, who weighed seven pounds, and ran downstairs for safety when explosions from the Iron Dome were heard.
“The attack was shocking. The sound of the Iron Dome explosion was quite scary,” he said, adding that it sounded several times during the day.
“They sent several missiles to Tel Aviv – and several landed, with reports of injuries,” he said, though not life-threatening.
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The 90-year-old authored a 2013 memoir, “Long Journey Home: A Young Girl’s Memoir of Surviving the Holocaust.”
The book details his harrowing story of survival as a six-year-old Polish boy whose childhood was stolen when the Nazis invaded in September 1939.
“I didn’t have a childhood – that was denied to me,” Lipiner said.
Lipiner is a six-year-old Polish child whose childhood was stolen when the Nazis invaded in September 1939. Lucy Lipiner A few months ago, in September, she felt compelled to “move home” to Israel and “be with the people me,” Lipiner said. Lucy Lipiner Lucy and Edward Lipiner in 1951. Lucy Lipiner
She recalled how at least 17 family members were killed when she walked as a barefoot and starving little girl in Siberia and Tajikistan in central Asia, before finally reaching America. Lipiner describes his harrowing journey as “a ten-year flight to freedom.”
The widow has a son and daughter, who wants her mother to be alert to what might happen: “My daughter told me I have to be ready – dressed and ready with water” in case of new rocket fire.
He has been a witness to history many times – and now once again.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: How we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip three decades after winning the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fired rockets into the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches its biggest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 700 Israelis died, more than 2,150 were injured and 100 were taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities.
Hamas terrorists are seen taking women hostage and parading them through the streets in a gruesome video.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised Hamas would pay an “unprecedented price.”
Gaza health officials reported at least 300 Palestinians killed with 2,200 injured.
“I will do my best to tell the world what happened to us and that the world is not coming to save us,” said Lipiner, a retired licensed occupational therapist who was an IDF volunteer in 2015.
He said he hopes young people can take from his tenacity now.
“I hope I can contribute to doing something good in Israel,” he said, adding shyly, “I’m young inside and out, if I can say so without boasting.”
At least 17 family members were killed when he was a child traveling through Siberia and Tajikistan in central Asia. Lucy Lipiner The widow has a son and a daughter, who wants her mother to be aware of what might happen. Lucy Lippiner
Despite the barbaric nature of the attacks in Israel – “our people are being slaughtered” – Lipiner does not compare the atrocities of Hamas and the Nazis.
“I don’t appreciate it when people say, ‘The Germans aren’t that bad either.’ The Nazis were more than cruel – they were sadistic, killing children and babies before they killed the mother, so she could see it.”
Lipiner, who challenged Whoopi Goldberg’s roundly condemning comments about the Holocaust last year, added that the Nazis “made fun” of hungry and thirsty people, telling them they were going to shower.
“The shower is certainly not a shower,” he said of the gas chamber.
Lipiner said he would still have moved to Israel even if he had known about the attack in advance. Lucy Lippiner
He called Hamas a “vicious human beast that easily kills,” and felt confident about Israel’s strength.
“I have absolutely no doubt about our victory – Hamas will be wiped out of existence and the Jewish people will be strong and resilient.”
Lipiner resisted moving even a little from his new home in Israel.
“I don’t have a habit of panicking. I just feel sad and sick,” he said. “I am not worried for myself when we go to war. I will be here with my people.”
As he prepared for potential shelter, charging his iPhone and stocking up on bread and water, Lipiner said emphatically, “Israel needs me. It takes all of us. I knew it was the right choice to move here.”
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