Trudy Gold
Napoleon, the Jews and Jewish Identity, Part 2
Summary
Focusing on Jewish identity and its connection to Napoleon’s influence, emphasizing the significant impact of Napoleon’s actions on Jewish history, despite the Jews being initially irrelevant to Napoleon himself. The discussion also touches on the cracks in Jewish identity in the West, particularly in Germany, where Enlightenment figures and wealthy Jewish bankers were rethinking their place in society. The lecture highlights the shift in Jewish identity during this period, with many Jews aspiring to be emancipated in the West and developing a more downgraded view of their origins. Part 2 of 2.
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.
They’re all the same as Jews, non-Jews and Jews, the same.
It was only convened for one meeting.
Yes, of course they were. In fact, they were conscripted into it and they couldn’t buy themselves out.
Jews had begun to move east to the kingdom of Poland, it was one of the most important mediaeval kingdoms. It was weakened after the 30 Years War, and the annexations of Poland begin in 1776. By 1815, Poland is swallowed up a little bit to Prussia, a little bit to the Habsburgs, but the bulk into Russia.