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Harry Potter And World War II
shrodes
post Jul 22 2007, 04:16 AM
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I found it interesting, that throughout all the Grindelwald / WW2 connections, the Deathly Hallows symbol would be mistaken for evil, not unlike the swastika is nowadays.

The swastika was used long before its adoption by the Nazi party in WW2, by various cultures such as Indo-Aryans, Hittites, Celts and Greeks, among others. In particular, the swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

Just a connection I found interesting, did anyone else notice this?

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- shrodes   Harry Potter And World War II   Jul 22 2007, 04:16 AM
- - Just_me   Yes I did! My knowledge of the pre-WWII hist...   Jul 22 2007, 04:25 AM
- - Kezzabear   Oh yeah. I saw it. ot the first WWII motif I'v...   Jul 22 2007, 04:36 AM
- - FoxSpirit   I noticed this, too - and I am glad that JKR broug...   Jul 22 2007, 05:25 AM
- - Calamity Jamie   QUOTE(FoxSpirit @ Jul 22 2007, 06:25 AM) ...   Jul 22 2007, 11:11 AM
- - potterliterati   QUOTE(Kezzabear @ Jul 22 2007, 05:36 AM) ...   Jul 22 2007, 01:07 PM
- - gred_weasley   (I was reading quickly, so maybe I misunderstood.....   Jul 22 2007, 02:05 PM
- - Bough House   Nuremberg was the location of the war crimes trial...   Jul 22 2007, 02:15 PM
|- - Amontillada   QUOTE(Bough House @ Jul 22 2007, 03:15 PM...   Aug 2 2007, 09:37 PM
|- - JohannMdlAmerica   QUOTE(Bough House @ Jul 22 2007, 02:15 PM...   Aug 22 2007, 01:46 AM
- - Peace46   QUOTE "Nurmengard" is similar to "N...   Jul 22 2007, 02:25 PM
- - Marak   Yeah, I thought that was really interesting. This ...   Jul 22 2007, 02:25 PM
- - weasleygirl93   Yes. I noticed that. Actually, it quite reminded m...   Jul 22 2007, 02:57 PM
- - loudsnoarer   Hi, I was shocked how strong the genocide theme wa...   Jul 22 2007, 04:18 PM
- - mankytoes   I didn't. When I read the thing about the mugg...   Jul 22 2007, 04:19 PM
- - weasleygirl93   It was very strong but very real.   Jul 22 2007, 04:26 PM
- - zoedoll   I always equated Voldemort's cruelty, fanatici...   Jul 22 2007, 04:52 PM
- - valeriefrankel   I'm betting lots of other people noticed Dumbl...   Jul 22 2007, 07:42 PM
- - jack.sym   great connection. i was picking up a little hitler...   Jul 22 2007, 07:46 PM
- - troyalg   I did catch the whole Hitler-Voldemort thing, but ...   Jul 26 2007, 06:13 PM
|- - Gingeroot   QUOTE(troyalg @ Jul 26 2007, 06:13 PM) 13...   Jul 26 2007, 06:28 PM
- - hallowgodric   Theres at least three other posts on this subject ...   Jul 26 2007, 06:17 PM
- - TellAllYourFriends   Hi. I've been thinking about this a lot after...   Jul 31 2007, 10:37 AM
|- - Arianhrod   QUOTE(TellAllYourFriends @ Jul 31 2007, 10...   Aug 1 2007, 08:03 AM
- - luna_sparkle   Yes, I especially noticed Allusions to the Nazi be...   Jul 31 2007, 11:26 AM
- - Ravenclaw329410   I was impressed that JKR would have brought such a...   Jul 31 2007, 01:26 PM
- - LightningScar   Well in the opening chapter when Snape and Yaxley ...   Aug 1 2007, 06:49 AM
- - ightenhill   To be honest I have always though that one thing t...   Aug 1 2007, 07:40 AM
- - LightningScar   Walpurgis Night eh... that's oddly appropriate...   Aug 1 2007, 03:10 PM
|- - mankytoes   I think the links are undeniable. The dead muggles...   Aug 1 2007, 03:50 PM
- - jaimedanser   Yeah, there are a lot of similarities between the ...   Aug 1 2007, 03:14 PM
|- - ightenhill   QUOTE(jaimedanser @ Aug 1 2007, 03:14 PM)...   Aug 1 2007, 03:28 PM
- - Dana :]   yeah i always thought that voldemort was a lot lik...   Aug 1 2007, 03:37 PM
- - LightningScar   The thing that bothers me is that this wasn't ...   Aug 2 2007, 11:19 AM
|- - H.J._Potter7   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 2 2007, 04:19 P...   Aug 2 2007, 01:07 PM
- - Maime the Hunter   There was a similarity between Dumbledore and Grin...   Aug 2 2007, 03:02 PM
- - Arianhrod   I meant to post this earlier, but I totally forgot...   Aug 2 2007, 03:19 PM
- - LightningScar   As I understand it, Hitler made his decision fairl...   Aug 2 2007, 07:32 PM
- - nowgirl   "Nurmengard" immediately made me think ...   Aug 2 2007, 10:33 PM
- - Arianhrod   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 2 2007, 07:32 P...   Aug 3 2007, 08:22 AM
- - LightningScar   QUOTE(Arianhrod @ Aug 3 2007, 09:22 AM) 1...   Aug 3 2007, 11:10 AM
- - ivan   I don't think that we should seek such a strai...   Aug 3 2007, 04:34 PM
|- - first incantation   QUOTE(ivan @ Aug 3 2007, 04:34 PM) 137127...   Aug 8 2007, 12:36 PM
- - nowgirl   I do think Grindelwald was meant to correlate to H...   Aug 3 2007, 11:25 PM
- - LightningScar   Nurmengard when put through babelfish means ...   Aug 3 2007, 11:38 PM
- - momwitch   Some sources assert that World War II was actually...   Aug 4 2007, 09:40 AM
- - Maime the Hunter   I think Dumbledore represented people like Mendal ...   Aug 4 2007, 04:09 PM
- - Danny266   I think that, while Voldemort may have had influen...   Aug 4 2007, 06:13 PM
- - LightningScar   QUOTE(Maime the Hunter @ Aug 4 2007, 05:0...   Aug 5 2007, 07:12 AM
|- - Arianhrod   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 5 2007, 07:12 A...   Aug 6 2007, 07:32 AM
- - lupinwandcaster   That is really scary, because I was thinking the e...   Aug 5 2007, 08:19 AM
- - LightningScar   QUOTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Proje...   Aug 6 2007, 11:12 AM
|- - Arduinna the Huntress   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 6 2007, 11:12 A...   Aug 6 2007, 11:28 AM
- - LightningScar   QUOTE(Arduinna the Huntress @ Aug 6 2007, 12...   Aug 7 2007, 11:46 AM
|- - Arduinna the Huntress   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 7 2007, 11:46 A...   Aug 7 2007, 02:19 PM
|- - mankytoes   QUOTE(Arduinna the Huntress @ Aug 7 2007, 08...   Aug 7 2007, 02:36 PM
- - LightningScar   Well they were both little books which caused big ...   Aug 7 2007, 07:02 PM
|- - Arianhrod   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 7 2007, 07:02 P...   Aug 8 2007, 08:20 AM
|- - wordsaremagic   QUOTE(Arianhrod @ Aug 8 2007, 06:20 AM) 1...   Aug 8 2007, 08:39 AM
- - LightningScar   QUOTE(first incantation @ Aug 8 2007, 01...   Aug 9 2007, 06:42 AM
- - ByRichard   QUOTE(wordsaremagic @ Aug 8 2007, 02:39 P...   Aug 9 2007, 06:57 AM
- - fawkes28   This thread is being over to Obscurus Books, the a...   Aug 10 2007, 12:06 PM
- - Sword of Gryffindor   In my judgment, Voldemort's regime is a direct...   Aug 12 2007, 08:36 AM
- - Ra-Ra-Ravenclaw   I really felt there was a strong parallel between ...   Aug 20 2007, 12:16 PM
- - ShanksForte   I think Grendelwald (sic?, the dude Dumbledore was...   Aug 20 2007, 12:20 PM
- - JohannMdlAmerica   As a soldier, as a student of military history, I ...   Aug 22 2007, 01:56 AM
- - LightningScar   That's a very good point JohannMdlAmerica, unf...   Aug 23 2007, 01:25 PM
- - JeffHpFan   QUOTE(LightningScar @ Aug 23 2007, 01:25 ...   Nov 28 2007, 08:09 PM


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