Thanks to Michael Lipiner, the story is from Newsday.

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Michael Lipiner, 30, grew up with the past hovering in the background.

In his case, it came from his grandfather, Alexander Taub, a Holocaust survivor born 82 years ago in Hungary.

“He is an enigmatic character, emotionally blocked at times,” says Lipiner, a Stewart Manor resident and an English teacher at Steinway Intermediate School 141 in Long Island City. “That’s the way he deals with life. But he’s also very funny.”

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