Trudy Goth (1913-1974)

Law No. 517 of 1942 sanctioned “the exclusion of Jewish elements from the field of entertainment” in Italy. Trudy and her mother had left for the United States in September 1938, because, in addition to being artists, they were also foreign Jews. They left Florence where they had been living since 1923, that is, since Trudy was ten years old. A photographer and a dancer, Trudy was wealthy and talented and wanted to set up a Dance school in Florence. She established the Choreographers’ Workshop in New York, danced at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance center, and always explored new possibilities and cultivated artistic contacts, which she tried to propose in her first Teatro, but in vain. She became an American citizen in 1945, at age 32, but continued to declare herself a Florentine by adoption, despite everything. In addition to the article, photos, map and timeline, insights.