[HPforGrownups] Jewish Goblins? (was: Re: Death Eaters)

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 81526

In a message dated 9/24/03 4:44:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
feetmadeofclay at yahoo.ca writes:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
> <entropymail at y...> wrote:
> 
> >But I also wanted to note something that strikes me every time JKR
> >mentions the Dark Mark.  The placement of the Mark on each Death Eater
> >(the forearm; God, I love it when Snape pulls back the sleeve of his
> >robe to reveal his Mark to Fudge in GoF!) is quite similar to the
> >numbered tattoos which were inflicted upon prisoners of the German
> >concentration camps. 
> 
> No it isn't!  DE chose to be Death Eaters.  For whatever reason, it 
> is more than likely Snape made a choice to be branded.  Marking 
> yourself as a supporter of someone or something is very common.  It 
> is not uncommon for Neo Nazis to be marked with swastikas.  

I know this information is off topic, but I should remark that the SS in 
Hitler's Germany also had a tattoo, under their left armpit. It had their SS 
number and their blood type. 

Batchevra


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