Longbottoms' memory charm (was Re: Ginny Weasley, Neville, thestrals

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Naama:

I'm very bad at timeline calculations, but wasn't it said that the
Longbottoms incident happened some time *after* Voldemort's downfall?
If it was one or two years after, Neville would have been around
three years of age ...

Bookworm:
I always thought that it was only a few weeks, maybe a month or two, 
after Voldemort's defeat that the Longbottoms were attacked.  The 
wording is vague, but JKR has pointed out the fickleness of people 
with the way whe describes public reaction to articles about Harry 
in the Prophet.

(p603, US hardcover) "'The Longbottoms were very popular,' said 
Dumbledore. 'The attacks on them came after Voldemort's fall from 
pwer, just when everyone thought they were safe.  Those attacks 
caused a wave of fury such as I have never know. The Ministry was 
under great pressure to catch those who had done it. Unfortunately, 
the Longbottoms' evidence was - given their condition - none too 
reliable.'"

The idea of Neville having a memory charm on him has been discussed 
a couple of times (that I know of, maybe more) and seems entirely 
possible even if he was only 15-18 months old.

Ravenclaw Bookworm