Astrology and propaganda during World War II

2019.03.01.

A citizen of Hungary of German descent, Louis de Wol was the self-styled "Modern Nostradamus" and, judging by the descriptions, suffering from delusions of grandeur, craved everyone's attention. In addition, he was the astrologer of the British elite, including Romanian ambassador Viorel Virgil Tilea. In the end, Tilea returned to his homeland, but his interest in astrology did not disappear. Soon, he consulted with a man whom (incorrectly) considered Hitler himself a consultant, predicting the future of the Third Reich.
De Vol created the horoscope of Hitler (he would lose the war) and began to cooperate with the British special services, intrigued by his potential contacts. As if this was not enough, de Wol took the liberty to call his solitary operation “Psychological Research Bureau”, regularly interpreting Hitler’s horoscope while maintaining public relations and spying on his well-to-do clients.

By 1941, the British decided to try their hand at a little propaganda: they sent de Volya on a trip with performances in the United States, indicating that he should spread the word that the stars did not favor Hitler in the war. Before that, they conducted a fake inauguration ceremony to appease de Volia, who demanded that he be made an army captain before he went on some kind of tour. And he went to the United States, where he gave speeches and answered questions in the hope of persuading the country to enter the war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor took place just at the time when he was performing his duties in the states.

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