[HPforGrownups] Muggle Wars

[Alix Petty]

No: HPFGUIDX 5021

Caius Marcius wrote
> In HP/SS we learn, through Ron's trading card, that Dumbledore defeated
the
> dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, which would certainly be suggestive.
> Hitler's preoccupation with the occult has been well documented. (e.g.,
The
> Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier). OTOH,
> Voldemort's reign of terror, during the 70s, does not appear to have been
> connected with any particular political upheaval (such as the wars in SE
> Asia, Iran, or Afghanistan).

Well, in the 70s Britain was experiencing the Troubles in NI - however, it's
not a direct parallel, as both sides were fighting each other.  However, I
was thinking of Arthur Weasley's line in GoF where he talks about the terror
of seeing the Dark Mark over your own home and what you might see inside -
in the 70s there were many shootings and bombs, and you never quite knew
what was going to happen.  Also, due to the hasty drafting of the Prevention
of Terrorism Act, and the need for the government to appear that they were
doing something positive, many people were wrongly imprisoned for crimes
they did not commit - thinking of our Sirius here, of course...

Alix