Slytherin / Nazi Parallels (was Re: Scapegoating Slytherin (was:Punishing Draco ))

[Claudia]

No: HPFGUIDX 144005

La Gatta wrote:
> The pure-blood snobbishness of the Wizarding World reminds 
> me <snip> of Germany and the NAZI Party. The parallels are 
> remarkable--WWI and WWII, the pure-blood perception that 
> Muggles, mud-bloods, and even mixed-blood Wizards are somehow 
> infra dig (and the belief of extreme cases that Muggles and 
> mud-bloods at least are subhuman and should be destroyed), 
> the Aryan blondness of the Malfoys, a leader (fuhrer?) so 
> powerful and so vile that most of the Wizarding World won't 
> even speak his name... And if you want to *really* creep 
> yourself out, take a look at the SS Gestapo insignia. (Ever 
> wonder where JKR got Harry's scar?) <snip>


Claudia:
There is another parallel: there was a subdivision of Hitler's 
SS-army, the "SS-Totenkopfverbande" (SS Deaths Head Organization) 
which was mainly responsible for guarding the konzentration camps. 
Their insignia was a scull on the collar of their uniform.

Claudia