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Lecture

Trudy Gold
The Son-in-Law Also Rises: David O. Selznick

Monday 4.01.2021

Summary

A close-up focus on the film Gone with the Wind and its significance in Hollywood’s Golden Year of 1939, exploring the controversy surrounding the film’s portrayal of the American Civil War and its depiction of the South and slavery.

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.