Trudy Gold
The Flood Gates Open and Reaction Sets In
Summary
Between 1881-1914 millions of Jews fled Eastern Europe due to pogroms, persecution and poverty. They primarily moved to the United States, followed closely by Britain. This lecture covers what they encountered both from the Jewish and non-Jewish world.
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.