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PABA is the Portland Area Business Association, an organization in Portland, Oregon, made up of businesses and individual professionals interested in business and networking. We are an association that recognizes the rewards and challenges of being in the business world and seeks to support and promote the efforts of its members. We are inclusive and want all people with an interest in business to feel welcome in joining PABA, although the majority of the membership is Gay or Lesbian. Founded in 1992 with more than 100 charter members, PABA's current membership stands at over 180 members and represents a wide range of businesses and professions.
The Importance of Acceptance and the Consequences of Intolerance
"We have kept silent about our experiences for many years, but we have decided that we need to share our history about our incarceration during the Holocaust, in order to teach what hate and discrimination can do to people’s lives."
Les Aigner was a 15 year old boy in 1944, and because of his religion he was taken from his home in Budapest, Hungary to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, and to several other camps. Les was liberated in Dachau, Germany by the American forces. After liberation, he returned to his home and found out that most of his family were killed in the Holocaust.
Eva Aigner, because of her religion , was taken from her home to the Ghetto, in Budapest Hungary as a seven year old child . She survived the Budapest Ghetto, but many of her family members were killed during the Holocaust.
Les and Eva were married in Hungary in 1956, and escaped from Communism with the great desire to build a new family in a free country.
FOR NEW MEMBER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Corey Kaster, Farmers Insurance and Financial Services, at 503 799-8838 or email membership@paba.com.
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