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An 86-year-old Holocaust survivor recently worked on an innovative project that will allow students to ask her questions about her experience in the future.

A new project looks to preserve the past by providing a real-time interactive experience for anyone looking to have a conversation with a Holocaust survivor.

Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation is filming two South Florida Holocaust survivors for its Dimensions in Testimony project

Hearing history from those who lived through it is one of the best ways we can all learn to be better people.

Florida’s Holocaust Documentation & Education Center announced a new partnership to integrate its extensive HDEC Collection of 2,300+ testimonies into USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.

Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, and one museum in South Florida is furthering their efforts to preserve the stories of those who survived.

With antisemitism on the rise, there is a growing need for people of all faiths and all ages to be exposed to both the atrocities and the accomplishments of a religion that has survived for nearly 4,000 years.

Florida’s Holocaust Documentation & Education Center announced a new partnership to integrate its extensive HDEC Collection of 2,300+ testimonies into USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive®

As this year comes to an end, we wish to share with you, our devoted supporters, the good news that despite all the serious challenges that the pandemic posed for us, 2021 turned out to be one of the most exciting years ever in HDEC’s 41 years of existence!

With antisemitism on the rise, there is a growing need for people of all faiths and all ages to be exposed to both the atrocities and the accomplishments of a religion that has survived for nearly 4,000 years.

With antisemitism on the rise, there is a growing need for people of all faiths and all ages to be exposed to both the atrocities and the accomplishments of a religion that has survived for nearly 4,000 years.

Leo Rosner, Holocaust survivor, U.S. Army veteran, businessman and man of faith, died in Miami on July 17 at 92, his son Jackie said.

The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc. wishes to thank YOU, our LEGACY Society Donors for helping us ensure that the authentic history and lessons of the Holocaust will live on in perpetuity!

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The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center in Dania Beach is receiving assistance from the Florida Legislature in the amount of more than $600,000 in funds for the 2021-22 year.

South Florida is home to one of the largest Holocaust survivor community in the nation, and we are so fortunate to live among them and learn from them.

The HDEC Announces the 2020 – 2021 Annual Contest Winners!

In a typical school year, South Florida high school students attend Student Awareness Days where they gather with Holocaust survivors in roundtable discussions.

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Palm Beach County Vice Mayor Robert Weinroth announced Thursday a special program to administer COVID-19 vaccines for Holocaust survivors in Palm Beach County.

HDEC Honored to be Part of Governor DeSantis’s Efforts to Vaccinate 750 Holocaust Survivors.

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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS 12) – Seventy-six years ago on January 27, 1945, thousands of Jewish people were liberated from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

MIAMI (CBS Miami) – For Russel Lazega, becoming a writer was practically forced on him. His grandmother, his ‘Bubbie’, wouldn’t take no for an answer.

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The following 40th Anniversary year-end update, highlights our efforts over these past 12 months.