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Lecture

Trudy Gold
The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Thursday 31.08.2023

Summary

What is the response to the unprecedented nature and horror of the Shoah? New language was even created in an attempt to describe the indescribable. There were trials, but well under 10% of those guilty came before the courts. Trudy Gold discusses the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter.

Trudy Gold

An image of 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.