Kristallnacht 85 years on: 'Why I will never forget it'

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Gabriele Keenaghan, 96, settled in the north-east of England and is involved in Holocaust education.

By Joanna LonsdaleA witness to the violent Nazi attacks carried out during Kristallnacht says the events of that night are still "seared" into her brain 85 years on.

"I felt bewildered because there was a park opposite the convent where the nuns used to let us play, and I could not join in because there was a big sign saying 'Juden Verboten', which means Jews not allowed. I felt that very much, I still feel that today."She said her memories of Kristallnacht, or the November Pogram as it is also known, were "seared into my brain".

Her grandmother made arrangements for her to leave Austria on the Kindertransport, special trains taking children to the UK.

 

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