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Ray Wolpow Institute

Welcome to The Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (RWI) at Western Washington University!

The RWI is a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) and the National Higher Education Leadership Consortium of Directors of Centers in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies.

RWI Secures Funding for Genocide Education

The RWI has partnered with OSPI to develop curriculum and teacher training for school teachers in Washington State on Genocide Education! To learn more, and find project updates, visit the project page.

2025 Scholarship:

Sign up for the WWU Scholarship Portal to apply for the RWI Scholarship this spring! 

Events

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Holocaust and Genocide Studies students holding up declaration cards in front of the Red Square fountain
Holocaust and Genocide Minor
Human Rights Minor

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Group of event organizers smiling close together and holding up the discussed book, “Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust Once Removed”, by Marsha Lederman

“Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust Once Removed” by Marsha Lederman at Congregation Beth Israel Nov. 12 2023

HEFNU participants gathered under the cherry blossom tree on north wwu campus smiling

Cross-Border Regional Institute, “Witness: Mediating Holocaust Testimony in the Arts”, Bellingham, Washington April 17-19, 2024

Group of people sitting in a classroom, sitting at tables and looking at the person at the front of the room speaking

Cambridge History of Holocaust Literature Bellingham Workshop, Sept. 29-30 2023

two presenters on the left speaking in front of projector to seated audience on the right

“Testimonies of Flight, Afterlives of Refuge”, presented by Tabea Alexa Linhard, April 18 2024

Presentation with three people on stage, with shadowed audience members in front
Noemi and the RWI team smiling
Hidden Silence lecture, with PowerPoint on screen and audience