Grindlewald and Horcruxes

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 134638

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, digger <altered.earth at n...> 
wrote:
> I've long suspected the Tom Riddle went off seeking Grindlewald 
when he 
> left Hogwarts. It now seems that although Slughorn gave Riddle 
general 
> information about Horcruxes, he could not (would not?) give him 
the 
> specific spell needed to encase the ripped soul fragment in an 
object.
> 
> So where do you suppose Tom obtained this knowledge? Where better 
to 
> seek it than from the most famous Dark Wizard of the age, 
Grindlewald?
> 
> My first prediction (hope) for book seven, is that we will learn 
more 
> about Grindlewald's meetings with Tom Riddle.
> 
> digger
> 
> 
Claire:
I agree with you, digger.  When I first ready about Grindlewald in 
SS/PS, I thought there was more to him than just a mention on the 
back of a chocolate frog card.  In JKR's interview with mugglenet 
and The Leaky Cauldron, she says it was no coincidence that 
Grindlewald died in 1945(although she leads one to believe it 
paralleled Muggle world events at the time).  She says she can't 
answer whether Grindlewald is important in 7, which usually means he 
will be, in JKR-speak.