The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum

HDEC Front of building

A Legacy of Remembrance

TheHolocaust Documentation and Education Center was established in 1980 as a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization. We are in the midst of building the first South Florida Holocaust Museum.

Holocaust Rail Car from Poland
Is Now in South Florida

Before restoration and preservation

After restoration and preservation

For rail car details and photographs, click the button on right.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE:
THE FIRST SOUTH FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

Over the past 29 years, the Center has attained an unprecedented record of achievement in documentation and education. Currently, the challenge the Center’s Board of Directors has now set for itself is to build the first South Florida Holocaust Museum and continue to enrich and enhance our mission of A LIVING MEMORIAL THROUGH EDUCATION.

Our administrative offices and video recording studio are currently open. However, for security reasons, please call (954) 929-5690 for an appointment
prior to visiting.

RAISE FUNDS FOR THE HOLOCAUST CENTER

We have a website shopping portal to over 700 retailers that many of us use. When you shop through this portal, the Center will receive a small donation from the retailer at no extra cost to you! It's win-win fundraising!

Click the button below for more information.

LIBRARY

Meet the Author Series (download the brochure)

March 21, 2010 at 2:30 PM

Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits / The Boy Who Lost His Birthday: A Memoir of Loss, Survival, and Triumph

April 18, 2010 at 2:30 PM

Antonie Blum / Naked Life: From Vienna to the Siberian Forest

World Renowned Artist ROMERO BRITTO commissioned to Create the Center's Butterfly of Memory and Hope

The Butterfly Pin and the Butterfly Cufflinks are unique and beautifully crafted, 14K gold jewelry designed by renowned Pop artist Romero Britto exclusively for the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center.

Holocaust Survivors Home Healthcare and Reparation/Restitution

Dear Survivors and Family Members:

If you have any issues regarding home healthcare or reparation and restitution, please click here.

We have contact information on various agencies who may be able to help you.

BOOKSTORE

While we do not have a bookstore on site yet (our museum will include one), you can order books through our online bookstore from Amazon.com. We will receive a small donation from Amazon.com at no extra cost to you! It's a great way to help us fundraise!

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Click here for a map and directions to our organization!

Map

Mission Statement

HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER, INC.

The First South Florida Holocaust Museum

The Center’s primary mission is to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the authentic memory of the Holocaust by creating a permanent and irrefutable record of the testimonies of Survivors, Liberators, and Rescuers. These eyewitness accounts continue to forge, enrich, and enhance the process of Holocaust education, creating A LIVING MEMORIAL THROUGH EDUCATION as we endow the first South Florida Holocaust Museum.

Holocaust Documentation Center kicks off fundraiser

BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ
dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com

It began with an idea -- document the genocide of Holocaust.

Now it is a collection of more than 2,400 recordings, 7,500 volumes of books and a railroad car, all meant to preserve the memories of those who survived.

The collection grew so large that it needed a new, bilingual home.

Holocaust Center launches campaign for museum

Renderings of design displayed at luncheon
aboard cruise ship

By DAVID A. SCHWARTZ, Staff Writer
February 2, 2010

Holocaust survivor Rita Hofrichter's 30-year dream of a museum in South Florida took a giant step closer to becoming a reality last Sunday when the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, where Hofrichter has been a volunteer for three decades, unveiled renderings of designs for a new museum.

Unveiling plans to build first bilingual Holocaust Museum in North America

The South Florida Holocaust Documentation and Education Center (HDEC) will host a campaign kick-off and 30th Anniversary luncheon where plans for the first English/Spanish Holocaust Museum in North America will be unveiled.

Join & become involved

We invite you to join us in our efforts to build A Legacy of Remembrance. All donations and pledges directly fund the Center's Outreach and Documentation Programs.

For more information on how you can help support our mission, please read further.

Volunteers Needed

We are in need of individuals who can devote their valuable time to help support our goal of A Living Memorial Through Education

Call for Artifacts

Do you have Holocaust artifacts? We need artifacts from pre-Holocaust life, Holocaust and post-Holocaust life for the new South Florida Holocaust Museum. If you possess any memorabilia and would like to contribute to the Museum, please don’t throw it out. Contact us, so that we can help others remember.

Student Awareness Days

Don't miss the opportunity to participate in these prejudice reduction programs as a Survivor or by becoming a facilitator. We look forward to having you involved.

If you wish to make a contribution and help make a difference please click the button below to donate!

Renderings of design displayed at luncheon aboard cruise ship

Renderings of design displayed at luncheon
aboard cruise ship