About the center

The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (HDEC) was founded in 1980 as a nonsectarian, non-profit, multifaceted organization. The HDEC will feature the South Florida Holocaust Museum (currently in the planning states). The museum will put names and faces to the victims and will raise the sounds of their moral voices of conscience to mute the noise of prejudice and hatred and will feature a fully restored rail car and US Army M3A4 Sherman tank, as well as oral history interviews, photographs, documents and other items from the HDEC's collection.

The HDEC's Documentation Department continues to conduct interviews with Survivors, Liberators, Rescuers, and other eyewitnesses, in order to document their stores for future generations.

The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center has been lauded by the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach school boards for its outstanding educational outreach programs including Student Awareness Days, Teacher Institutes, and annual contests.

The most profound achievement of the HDEC, which impacted every aspect of Holocaust education in the state of Florida, came when Governor Lawton Chiles signed the Florida Statute 1003.42 mandating that Holocaust education be implemented in all public schools in the state from kindergarten through colleges and universities.

The HDEC's reference and research library contains over 6,000 volumes of Holocaust-related books, journals, DVDs, and videos. For more information about any of these programs please explore our website or for questions, please call the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center at 954.929.5690 or email info@hdec.org.