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Towards the end of World War II, Tomberg received a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence from the University of Cologne, where they moved in 1944. He studied under Prof. von Hippel, who became a personal friend. His thesis was published as ''Degeneration and Regeneration in the Science of Law'', followed by the thesis ''Peoples' Rights as Humanity's Rights'' in 1946. Around this time, he converted to [[Roman Catholicism]].  
 
Towards the end of World War II, Tomberg received a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence from the University of Cologne, where they moved in 1944. He studied under Prof. von Hippel, who became a personal friend. His thesis was published as ''Degeneration and Regeneration in the Science of Law'', followed by the thesis ''Peoples' Rights as Humanity's Rights'' in 1946. Around this time, he converted to [[Roman Catholicism]].  
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Shortly after the war he helped founding a community college in the Ruhr area. In 1948, however, he moved to England, where he became a translator for the [[BBC]] monitoring Soviet broadcasts during the Cold War. He retired early, to Reading near the [[River Thames]] in 1960, where he worked on the manuscripts for his main work, written in French and entitled ''Méditations sûr les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot'', ''[[Meditations on the Tarot]]'' in English.  
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Shortly after the war he helped founding a community college in the Ruhr area. In 1948, however, he moved to England, where he became a translator for the [[BBC]] monitoring Soviet broadcasts during the Cold War. He retired early, to Reading near the [[River Thames]] in 1960, where he worked on the manuscripts for his main work, written in French and entitled ''Méditations sûr les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot'', ''[[Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism]]'' in English.  
    
He died on a holiday in Majorca. Two weeks later his wife and collaborator Maria died as well. A Dutch or German rough translation of the manuscript to ''Méditations sûr les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot'' was circulated in the Netherlands against Tomberg's intentions a year before his death but was only formally published in 1984.  
 
He died on a holiday in Majorca. Two weeks later his wife and collaborator Maria died as well. A Dutch or German rough translation of the manuscript to ''Méditations sûr les 22 arcanes majeurs du Tarot'' was circulated in the Netherlands against Tomberg's intentions a year before his death but was only formally published in 1984.