The Veil in the Death Chamber

[Judy]

Fran wrote:
>... the Veil is contained in a room 
> called the Death Chamber... Could it be where wizards are put to 
> death, or were at one time put to death?

I remember that this was discussed on HPfGU shortly after OoP came 
out.  That the room was an execution chamber was one popular theory.  
However, having it in the Department of Mysteries implies that it was 
used to *study* death.  And death, of course, is one of the great 
mysteries of life.  So, speculation was that people were exucuted 
there, and their deaths were studied as they died, or perhaps very
old or ill wizards volunteered to go through the Veil, to contribute
to wizarding knowlegde. 

Fran said she was: 
> Getting a little nutty waiting for you know what

"You know what"?  Is that related to you-know-who?

Judy, hoping she can finish re-reading OoP by Friday night