Trudy Gold
Wagner and the Jews
Summary
Richard Wagner (1813–1888) is one of the most important cultural figures in the modern world. He towers above the 19th century, his followers worship him with the kind of awe that is very, very seldom seen to any great artistic figure. And yes, nobody denies that he was violently antisemitic. Trudy Gold discusses the man himself and his history outside of the music he created. Part 1 of 2.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
Well, because he felt displaced and dispossessed, and he had a very twisted personality, and he needed to blame someone. And tragically in Europe, in Europe the Jew does become the easiest scapegoat, the outwardly successful. It doesn’t matter what walk of life, being in communism, capitalism. You see Marx, the irony was that Marx’s detractors hated him, they called him The Red Rabbi.
Now that’s down to you. I know what I think.
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