Judaica / Holocaust & Genocide Studies Collections

Numbering 2,000 volumes and dating back more than 500 years, the Judaica Collection brings together rare books documenting the global Jewish experience. The collection includes texts in fifteen languages other than Hebrew.

The Holocaust & Genocide Studies Collection, begun by minister and theology educator Edward S. Setchko, was acquired to support WWU’s Ray Wolpow Institute. It consists primarily of materials documenting antisemitism, Jewish ghettos, and concentration camps. Also available are accounts by Holocaust survivors, histories of Jewish communities, and holdings on the Shearit’ ha-Pleta (“surviving remnant”), Displaced Persons (DPs), and post-war refugees.