Holocaust survivor dies in Coney Island apartment fire
A Monday, March 31 fire did what the Nazis failed to do – take the life of Lipa Briks.
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The Luna Park apartments |
He died at Coney Island Hospital.
The fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring, officials said.
"He escaped the Nazis, he escaped the Soviet army, he escaped an anti-Semitic Polish regime, but he couldn't escape the fire," friend and neighbor Michael Bar said. "He was the only one in his very large family to survive the Holocaust."
--- The Daily News and Brooklyn Currents
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