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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Zionism and the Holocaust, Part 3

Tuesday 27.04.2021

Summary

Trudy Gold discusses Zionism and its responses during a specific historical period, focusing on Lord Moyne’s role and the assassination carried out by Lehi members Eliyabu Bet-Zuri and Eliyahu Hakim. She talks about the impact on British policies, particularly regarding Jewish immigration leading to a shift in Churchill’s stance on Zionism and the ongoing debate over whether Zionist groups influenced British exit from Palestine. Part 3 of 3.

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.