Traveling WWII ‘Cattle Car’ Exhibit Brings Holocaust Education to Palm Beach County Schools

A Palm Beach County nonprofit is putting Holocaust history on wheels. inSIGHT Through Education launches “Bear Witness: The Cattle Car Exhibit” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Gardens District Park in Palm Beach Gardens, timed to Florida’s Holocaust Education Week.

The exhibit is a 38-foot mobile classroom built inside a custom trailer that replicates a World War II-era cattle car, the kind used to deport Jews and other victims to Nazi camps. It will travel directly to South Florida school campuses, bringing in 250 to 300 students a day.

Inside the car

Visitors step out of the Florida sun into a dark, enclosed wooden replica. Inside:

• 360-degree LED walls show high-definition projections.
• Cinematic survivor testimony plays with integrated sound.
• Period artifacts are displayed within the mobile theater.

Why now

As the last eyewitness survivors of the Holocaust pass away, the organization built the exhibit to make that history tangible for local high school students and to push back against rising antisemitism and apathy. The program is designed to fulfill Florida’s required Holocaust and antisemitism curriculum.

Roneet Edrich, executive director of inSIGHT Through Education, and local philanthropic leaders and donors who helped fund the project are expected at the launch.

The launch

• When: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
• Where: Gardens District Park, 5101 117th Ct N, Palm Beach Gardens

Information provided by inSIGHT Through Education.