Lecture
Trudy Gold
Wednesday 14.01.2026
Trudy Gold
Vienna: The Interwar Years and the World of Max Reinhardt
Wednesday 14.01.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 14 January at 5:00pm (UK).
Summary
After the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire, the duality of Vienna was never more apparent. No longer the capital of an imperial empire, it was now the city of a truncated, demoralized Austria. Nevertheless, art and culture thrived, and Jews were at the forefront of great movements of change. As the dark clouds of reactionism set in, individuals such as Freud, Zweig, Schitzler, and Reinhardt tried to hold back the tide. This presentation also serves as a warning for our times.
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.