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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Civil War in Eastern Europe

Tuesday 8.12.2020

Summary

An overview of Jewish history from the end of the Tsarist Empire to Europe in 1939. The role of Jews in the Russian Revolution and the subsequent rise of anti-Semitism in Europe are also discussed.

Trudy Gold

An image of 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.

Trotsky was written out of history by Stalin, because he was terribly important. The pictures of Trotsky were taken away, you can see gaps in pictures. He hasn’t been rehabilitated, but more and more people are becoming interested in him.