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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Lithuania, the World They Left Behind: 1915- 1945

Thursday 12.10.2023

Summary

After the convulsions of WWI, Lithuania emerged again as a sovereign nation, but the capital of Vilnius was ceded to Independent Poland. This presentation tells the tragic story of the end of a great civilisation.

Trudy Gold

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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.