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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Heroes in Times of Tragedy, Part 2

Tuesday 22.10.2024

Summary

By examining appalling and acute situations in which the Jewish people have found themselves, such as the Warsaw ghetto, Trudy Gold will examine the nature of heroism and the variety of forms it can take. As a counterbalance, we will also investigate the psyche of perpetrators. Part 2 of 2.

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.