Nostradamus, astrology and the Bible: actualized articles

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2010-03-06	Updated articles in the substudy "World War II" Information on dr. phil. Alexander Max Centgraf alias dr N. Alexander Centurio Due to the recent discovery of my German colleague Ulrich Maichle that Centgraf in 1935 was relieved from his profession as pastor, being accused of an immoral attitude to life, the information in this short biography is adjusted. Further details can be found on www.nostradamus-online.de, the website of mr. Maichle. This short biography now also contains a description of part of the contents of the article Die siebziger Jahre in der Sicht des Propheten Nostradamus, the second and last part of a series of articles by on Nostradamus, written by Centgraf in 1969-1970, and an updated bibliography of Centgraf's publications about Nostradamus. Nostradamus und Berlin - und andere Weissagungen (dr. phil. A.M. Centgraf, Berlin, 1949) Added: a description of Cengraf's comment upon quatrain 05-94 in Die siebziger Jahre in der Sicht des Propheten Nostradamus, the second and last part of a series of articles by on Nostradamus, written by Centgraf in 1969-1970.
2010-02-28	Substudy "World War II": information on dr. phil. h.c. Hans-Wolfgang Herwarth von Bittenfeld To several paragraphs, information is added, originating from the correspondence of Herwarth von Bittenfeld and his wife with baron Börries von Münchhausen, a German author/poet whose oeuvre they both admired. This correspondence is nowadays preserved in the Goethe-Schilller Archives in Weimar.
2010-02-27	Substudy "World War II": Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? Due to information about a.o. the production in the thirties of daily's and newspapers, the paragraph Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? in daily's and newspapers in June - August 1940 is revised. The discussed articles/reviews are divided into three groups. The thoughts about Meijer Schwencke's involvements in advocating the contents of this brochure and the other pro-German propaganda brochures he produced, are described in a new paragraph, entitled The purpose of the positive articles about the pro-German propaganda brochures of Meijer Schwencke / Ort.
2010-02-10	Updated articles in the substudy "World War II" Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? Voorspellingen die uitgekomen zijn Information on Het Vaderland - Staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad These articles now contain estimated numbers of subscribers of various daily's and weekly's. These numbers were copied from the thesis Niet voor publicatie - De legale Nederlandse pers tijdens de Duitse bezetting. Although these numbers are estimations, they illustrate the spread of the discussed daily's and weekly's and therefore the spread of the propagandistic reviews of the national-socialist brochures Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? and Voorspellingen die uitgekomen zijn... From Niet voor publicatie..., information about Meijer Schwencke and the activities in 1940 of the Raad van Voorlichting der Nederlandsche Pers has been added to the article Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen?. This information gives more insight in the backgrounds of the propagandistic reviews of the brochure Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? in the summer of 1940. A description of an announcement in the Leidsch Dagblad of the brochure Voorspellingen die uitgekomen zijn... has been added to the article about this brochure. The lay-out of this article is revised in order to improve readability.
2010-01-30	Substudy "World War II": Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? Added to the paragraph Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? in newspapers in World War II: reviews of this brochure in the editions of June 14 and July 19 of the news- and advertisement paper Frisia, which was published every Friday, and a review in the edition of July 6, 1940 of De Waalbode. This raises the total number of newspapers, discussed in this paragraph, to nineteen. It is remarkable that these reviews have also been published in other newspapers. Also, a map is added to this paragraph in order to give an impression about the spread in the Netherlands of the various propagandistic newspaper reviews of Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen?. The paragraph Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? in newspapers in World War II is now opened with remarks about pre-war reviews of other propaganda brochures, published by Willem Johan Ort due to his contract with Arie Meijer Schwencke. The closing of the introduction of this paragraph now contains some remarks about the possible origin of those reviews of Hoe zal deze oorlog eindigen? which were published in several newspapers. New is the paragraph Counter-weight, which contains a description of an article, dating from August 1940, in which H. de Greeve pr. turns himself against a.o. Nostradamus, and a description of the political nature of the 1941-Vreede-translation.
2010-01-20	Substudy "World War II": information on Elisabeth Noelle (prof. dr. dr. h.c. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann) Added: descriptions of the contents of articles, dating from 1991, about Noelle-Neumann's political attitude in World War II.
2010-01-14	Substudy "World War II": information on dr. phil. h.c. Hans-Wolfgang Herwarth von Bittenfeld Added to the paragraph A pioneer in the field of propaganda: information about the relation between Herwarth von Bittenfeld and prof. dr. Karl Bömer, who was in charge of the Auslandspresse department in the Ministry of Propaganda. Due to Bömer, Herwarth von Bittenfeld got a job in his department after the outbreak in September 1939 of World War II, and was charged with special tasks. Added to the paragraph Herwarth von Bittenfeld and national-socialism: a quote from Der deutsche Soldat, his contribution to Deutsche Saat auf fremde Erde (Berlin, 1936), a book, edited by Bömer, about German influences on world history. Further, this biography now includes almost all birth and death data of Herwarth von Bittenfeld's children from his first marriage. Another new detail is that Herwarth von Bittenfeld, according to the Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, was married four times instead of three times, as I supposed.