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Lecture

Trudy Gold
The Jewish World on the Edge of War

Monday 8.03.2021

Summary

A wide-reaching examination of the historical context of the Evian Conference in 1938 and the challenges faced by the Jewish community during the rise of Nazism, including the impact of the German Bund, anti-Semitism in Canada and Australia, the actions of Captain Schroeder, the role of Haj Amin al-Husseini, and the activities of Jewish groups like the Haganah and Irgun.

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.