Echoes from the Past

A newsletter offering perspectives on history, religion, antisemitism, and intolerance with an emphasis on the Holocaust

By Christopher Probst

· Launched a year ago

Lemkin's Legacy: Watchers of the Sky (2014)

Inspired by Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "A Problem from Hell," this documentary packs a punch.

Jun 20•Christopher Probst

June 2026: Rebecca Carter-Chand - The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism

We discuss her award-winning book, 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Jun 13•Christopher Probst

The Role of Academic Theologians in Nazi Germany

Part III of the series, "Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany."

Jun 6•Christopher Probst

Love for One’s Enemy and The Jewish Question: German Protestants and the Nazi Past

Jan 24•Christopher Probst

September 2025: Hank Greenspan on Holocaust Survivors

Sep 13, 2025•Christopher Probst and Hank Greenspan

The Holocaust on Film: A Very Short List, Part III

Jan 17•Christopher Probst

This Day in History (April 1, 1933): The Nazi Anti-Jewish Boycott

Mar 28•Christopher Probst

October 2025: Dan Stone on The Holocaust as an "Unfinished History"

Oct 11, 2025•Christopher Probst

Two Films about the Nuremberg Trials

Mar 21•Christopher Probst