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Substudy "World War II": Nostradamus - Prophetische Weltgeschichte (dr. N. Alexander Centurio [dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf], Bietigheim, 1968)
Discussion of the second and last book by dr. phil. Alexander Max Centgraf, in World War II an esteemed  national-socialist activist and propagandist, about Nostradamus and the Centuries. In this discussion, it is demonstrated that until late in his life, Centgraf used elements from his propagandistic Nostradamus-brochures in his books and did not dissociate himself of apologized for his demoralizing activities.
In 1981 a Dutch translation of Nostradamus - Prophetische Weltgeschichte was published, entitled De Profetieën van Nostradamus (Veen, Utrecht). Since 1995, this translation is entitled De ware voorspellingen van Nostradamus - de wonderbaarlijke profetieën van de 16e eeuwse ziener ook voor onze tijd en toekomst! (Kosmos, Utrecht/Antwerp). This translation must not be confused with the first Dutch translation of the Centuries by mr. dr. W.L. Vreede (mr. dr. H. Houwens Post), published in 1941 by Servire publishers, The Hague, NL, and reprinted between 1979 and 1996 by Schors publishers, Amsterdam.

Substudy "World War II": Nostradamus und das jüngste Weltgeschehen (Centurio [dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf], Zürich, 1959)
In the bibliography of Nostradamus - Prophetische Weltgeschichte, his second post-war book about Nostradamus and the Centuries, Centgraf wrote that in August 1959, an article which he had written about Nostradamus and the Centuries, was published in the Schweizer Monatshefte. In this article, which is part of the collection of the library of the German Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Centgraf described a.o. the reason why back in 1939 he started to study Nostradamus and the Centuries: Loog's book Die Weissagungen des Nostradamus (Pfullingen in Württemberg, 1921) and most notably, as it seems to be likely, his comment upon quatrain 03-57, which in that time was quite sensational because of the link between this comment and the German invasion in Poland in September 1939. 
To some extent, Nostradamus und das jüngste Weltgeschehen shows which part the Centuries played in Germany in 1939/'40, the way Centgraf analyzed quatrain 03-57 and to the available information about the life and work of Centgraf, it adds information about the beginning of his study of the life and work of Nostradamus.

Substudy "World War II": Nostradamus - Der Prophet der Weltgeschichte (dr. N. Centurio [dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf], Berlin, 1953) 
In this article, Nostradamus - Der Prophet der Weltgeschichte is discussed, the first post-war book by the German Century-scholar dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf about Nostradamus and the Centuries. Centgraf's comments in Nostradamus - Der Prophet der Weltgeschichte are compared with the comments he gave in 1941 in a national-socialist, propagandistic brochure, its Dutch version entitled Voorspellingen die uitgekomen zijn... The origin history of Nostradamus - Der Prophet der Weltgeschichte is exposed by a.o. the contents of a letter which Centgraf in 1950 wrote to the in Switzerland residing German author Hermann Hesse, as well as the part which was played by (the German source text of) Voorspellingen die uitgekomen zijn...

Substudy "World War II": dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf alias dr. N. Alexander Centurio about national-socialist Nostradamuspropaganda
In his post-war books and articles about Nostradamus and the Centuries, Centgraf presented himself as a Century-scholar who at the beginning of the war warned against dangerous German military operations and at the end of the war enhanced peace plans by the Centuries. In these publications, he systematically hided the fact that in 1941, he had written a Nostradamusbrochure, aimed against the British, the communists and the Jews. In this article, his stories about World War II and his position are reviewed critically.

Substudy "World War II": Nostra Damur - Über ältere und älteste Ausgaben der "Prophéties" (K.E. Krafft, Frankfurt am Main, 1940)
In 1940, under his own management, the Swiss astrologer/statistician and Century-scholar Karl Ernst Krafft, who from the end of 1939 wrote national-socialist propaganda, based upon the Centuries, published a periodical, entitled Nostra Damur. In the issue of Nostra Damur which is discussed in this article, Krafft describes the history of the early Century-editions, published in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. 
The discussion of Nostra Damur on this website contains a number of additional remarks and corrections to what the Englishman Ellic Howe wrote about it in Astrology and the Third Reich (Wellingborough, 1984), which in 1995 was translated into German and published under the title Uranias Kinder: Die seltsame Welt der Astrologen und das Dritte Reich.

Interviews/reviews: interview by FunX radio, NL
As a result of the lecture about the Prophecies of Nostradamus which he gave for the Studium Generale, Delft, NL on November 17, 2009, Theo van Berkel was interviewed by Manu, compiler and host of the radio program Spoken, which is broadcasted every Sunday evening by FunX radio, NL. The interview with Theo was part of the edition Spoken: Nostradamus, broadcasted on December 6, 2009. In this interview, Theo answered questions about the life and work of Nostradamus, the predictional value of the Prophecies of Nostradamus and described the themes upon which he wants to do research in the coming time. This edition of Spoken also contained an interview with dr. Jan Willem Nienhuys, secretary of the "Skepsis" foundation, who was quite critical about the predictional value of the Prophecies of Nostradamus, and an interview with Maarten W.T. Post, the author of Djenghis Khan: sleutel tot het raadsel Nostradamus (Rijswijk, NL, 2001).