Human Rights and democracy in the Wizarding World; Grindelwald

[raolin.rm]

No: HPFGUIDX 31083

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jenett <gwynyth at d...> wrote:
> (I'd point out that we really don't know much about how Grindewald 
came to
> power, or how his minions, if there were minions, might have been
> recruited. It may be that they were all clearly guilty (assuming 
that
> Grindewald had minions), and there weren't issues of people acting 
under
> the Imperious curse, and so on which complicate the Voldemort 
issues. 
> Basically, we don't have much real data on the most recent pre-
Voldemort 
> Dark Wizard who might have produced lots of trials. Or might not 
have. We 
> don't know.)


There's also the possibility (given Grindelwald's name) that his 
action did not take place in Britain, and therefore did not involve 
the British Ministry of Magic.

BTW, what does Grindelwald mean?  I know that wald is German for 
forest, and Grindel sounds suspiciously like the monstrous villain in 
Beowulf.  Odd name for a wizard, though, either way.

Joshua Dyal