This year we will be honoring artist and humanitarian George Clooney. We are also happy to announce that the host for the gala will be Jon Stewart. TNT is our presenting sponsor. For more information, call the Gala Benefit Line: 818.777.7876

Gerda Haas was aware of her upcoming deportation from Berlin, Germany, as of 1942, but was not placed on the deportation list until Mar 17, 1943. She and many other deportees were  first assembled on the Grosse-Hamburger Strasse deportation center and deportation by train took place a few days later. Gerda relates she felt lucky to be sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia and believes it was due to her profession as a nurse.