Did young Riddle meet Grindelwald?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 156617

"Hagrid" <aussie_lol at ...> wrote:
>
> From memory, JKR was evasive about saying anything about Grindelwald
in the interview straight after the release of HBP. What could be there?
> 
> I am wondering if the way Grindelwald treated Riddle was similar to
> the way Voldemort treated Draco (ie: Draco had to AK DD and Riddle
had to AK Riddle Snr).
> 
> Of course, Riddle may not have met Grindelwald until after Hogwarts. 
> 
> What happened?
> When?
> Why?
> 
> aussie
>
Carol responds:
We don't have much to go on here except a date, 1945, for DD's defeat
of Grindelvald, which happens to coincide with the date Tom Riddle
left Hogwarts, and a statement by DD implying that both
Riddle/Voldemort and DD knew of one other wizard who had made a single
Horcrux. Surely that wizard was Grindelvald and DD defeated him by
destroying the Horcrux. There's no indication in canon that DD killed
him, but we know from a JKR interview that he's dead.

I very much doubt that Tom Jr. killed his father because Grindelwald
sent him to do it. In fact, his motive is pretty clear from the books.
He did it because he hated his Muggle father for deserting his witch
mother and her unborn child (himself) and because Morfin unwittingly
gave him the information he needed to commit that murder. Possibly,
though, Tom Riddle learned what he needed to know about Horcruxes from
Grindelwald and, after he learned that Grindelwald's Horcrux had been
destroyed, murdered Grindelwald himself--a significant murder to
create a Horcrux with, I should think!

Carol, who thinks that DD's defeat of Grindelvald is yet another
reason why DD is the only one Voldemort ever feared