Sirius, Sirus, and more Sirius (was: Petunia/Headmaster/LVatHogwarts/Mo...)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 158525

> Pippin:
> It is like the kindertransport in WW2 where loving German Jewish
> families sent their children to an uncertain fate in Britain. Most of
> the children were treated well but some weren't. Still they were
> safer than they would have been in Germany.
> 
> a_svirn:
> And what wizarding equivalent to Auschwitz awaited the boy 
who lived  if it weren't for his aunt? 

Pippin:
You make my point. No death camps  existed until long after the
kindertransport had ended. Those who were able to post a fifty
pound sterling bond and send their children away had obviously
so far escaped the worst. They could have chosen to believe that 
they would continue to do so. 

Many people at the time saw Hitler as the leader of a clownish
band of thugs who would never be able to govern a modern 
nation or carry out their grandiose plans. I see JKR playing on 
this psychology in her depiction of Voldemort, inspiring a
similar dismissal in her readers. I think we are going to be
shocked at the 'grisly' reign of terror predicted for Book 7.

Pippin