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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Trotsky and Jabotinsky

Wednesday 23.12.2020

Summary

A deep and fascinating discussion of the lives of Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) and Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880–1940), exploring Trotsky’s involvement in the Bolshevik Revolution and subsequent marginalization by Stalin and Jabotinsky’s role in Zionism and his disillusionment with British authorities in Palestine.

Trudy Gold

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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.