[HPforGrownups] Re: Tactics & Prescience

[Danger Mouse]

No: HPFGUIDX 75982

> Dan:
> > Well, it would seem to me we need to know a little more about how 
> > Dumbledore "defeated" Grindelwald. If that is what he is most 
> famous 
> > for (thanks to the Quibbler?), if that is why Voldemort fears 
him, 
> > then Harry's next question should be, and one of his previous 
> > questions should have been, "what did you do?" 
> 
> Me:
> How does the Grindlewald defeat fit in with the Quibbler? The 
> reference I recall to this defeat was from the Chocolate Frog card 
> which Harry had on the train in PS.
> 
> Geoff

Dan:
That Dumbledore is famous for his defeat of the dark wizard 
Grindelwald is not because he's on a chocolate frog card, rather, 
he's on a chocolate frog card because he's famous, and he became 
famous by his deeds vs Grindelwald becoming known to everyone. In the 
books, this being known to everyone has involved wizard papers. My 
point, however, was clearly that Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald 
might mean something in regards to Voldemort and Tom Riddle. How did 
he defeat Grindelwald? Was it connected in some way to Riddle, etc... 

Dan (a different one):
I think it was connected to Hitler, if anything. Note that Grindelwald was defeated the same year as the end of WWII (according to the Lexicon, anyways), which is the same year the Riddle graduates. Connection? Oh yes, oh yes.
-Dan

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