Trudy Gold
The Eichmann Trial: Eichmann Biography and Capture
Summary
Surveying the significance of the Eichmann trial in opening the floodgates for interest in the Holocaust, leading to more books and films about the Shoah. The trial, one of the first of its kind to be televised, aimed to unveil the horror of what had happened to the Jewish people under the Nazi regime.
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.