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Trudy Gold
Rescuers from the East: Sugihara and Dr Feng Shen Ho, Shanghai and the Extraordinary Story of the Mir Yeshiva

Sunday 23.10.2022

Summary

Trudy Gold talks about Chiune Sugihara and Dr. Feng Shen Ho and how they helped authorize visas for Jews fleeing to Japan from other parts of Europe. Additionally, the story of the Mir Yeshiva is explored.

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.