Trudy Gold
The Mitfords: An Extraordinary and Divided Family
Summary
The Mitford family consists of the six daughters and one son of Baron Redesdale who can trace their ancestry back to the Norman Conquest.
They were described in the Times as: “Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler lover, Nancy the Novelist, Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur“. The son died in the second World War. These two sessions will tell their story against the backdrop of the tumultuous times in which they lived. Part 1 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.
You’ve got to remember, you have two extremes here. You have Jessica who was a communist, and she runs off with her cousin Romilly who, very, very left wing, and Deborah, beg your pardon. Diana and Unity were fascists. In the end, they broke the family. Deborah tried to keep the peace, but the family was broken, and Jessica and Diana were never reconciled.