Trudy Gold
Doña Gracia
Summary
Dona Gracia was a Portuguese philanthropist and one of the wealthiest Jewish women of Renaissance Europe. She was the maternal aunt and business partner of Joseph Nasi, who became a prominent figure in the politics of the Ottoman Empire. Trudy Gold discusses this extraordinary family and the escape network Gracia developed that saved hundreds of Conversos from the Inquisition.
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.
She had a brother who was the father of Joseph Nasi; they had a good relationship, but she had a terrible relationship with her sister. You see, if you think about it, two sisters married two brothers, but only one sister was given the empire, probably because she was far more capable. And her sister became incredibly jealous.