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Kindertransport Survivor Gabriele Keenaghan Marks 100th Birthday in Vienna

8/24/2026

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Gabriele Keenaghan will travel to Vienna’s Westbahnhof to mark her 100th birthday.
She was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to Holocaust education.
In April 1939, age 12, she boarded a Kindertransport via the Netherlands to Harwich with 150 children.
A Lufthansa route cancellation required a private-jet rescue that made her centenary journey possible.
She will travel with daughters Pat and Christine and other relatives.

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Gabriele Keenaghan will travel to Vienna’s Westbahnhof to mark her 100th birthday.
She was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to Holocaust education.
In April 1939, age 12, she boarded a Kindertransport via the Netherlands to Harwich with 150 children.
A Lufthansa route cancellation required a private-jet rescue that made her centenary journey possible.
She will travel with daughters Pat and Christine and other relatives.