[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort as History

[Heather Edmonds]

No: HPFGUIDX 3050


> > > Of course, it's strange to think that kids in the Wizarding World
> > > don't know the details about this very important aspect of their own
history.

It doesn't surprise me. I can't remember exact dates but for a long time
German children were not taught any history relating to WWII Concentration
camps and the Third Reich. British Kids are rarely taught the history of
colonialism and empire building certainly it is not on the National
Curriculum for 5 - 16. We have a habit of not teaching about past incidents
of which we are ashamed or embarrassed, or sometimes we just avoid it
because the subject is still to raw and painful.

I imagine after Voldemorts fall there could have been scenes in the
wizarding world similar to those in France after Liberation. with
collaborators punished by the resistance. Theres a kind of parallel there I
suppose. Death Eaters et al as collaborators and Aurors etc as Resistance.

Heather