Holocaust Survivors from Oregon Take ‘Journey of Heroes’

TUALATIN, Ore. (KOIN) — Eva and Les Aigner have been married for more than 60 years. They met and married in Budapest and immigrated to the United States shortly after. Ever since then, they’ve lived in the US and currently live in Tualatin.

But it was the years before they married that are seared into their memories and the memories of millions of others.

Eva and Les survived the Holocaust and have spent years sharing those experiences to make sure the lessons learned from those days are not forgotten.

On Monday, they — along with 13 veterans — are part of a Journey of Heroes trip to Washington, DC to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

One of those veterans, 94-year-old Jack Bell, served in the Army. “Well, I think it’s real satisfying to know that we did something good.”

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