Nazi wizards

[Athena Appleton]

First off, Aberforth, don't rain on the parade, here! Just consider that it COULD be...

In several other topics, I've mentioned that I think there's a close link between the Harry Potter books and some events and people surrounding WWII and the Holocaust.

To back up my theory, I am about 92.49% sure that I saw an interview where J.K. Rowling says there are some corolations (sp?).

I don't think everything corolates, I don't think it's an exact political satire in the way Animal Farm was, but here's my theory:

Voldemort - Hitler (cunning, prejudice dictator who, although very public in some ways, did his most terrible things in secret)

Death Eaters - Nazi Party members (do I need to explain?)

Ministry of Magic - Occupied Countries (for the most part, turned a blind eye until it was too late; had a false, and dangerous, idea that they were immune to the evil that was Nazi Germany)

Order of Phoenix - Allies

DA - Resistance fighters (young rebels doing everything they can to fight against evil in secret)

Inquisitorial Squad - Aryan Youth Leagues

Muggles - Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, intellectuals, everyone the Nazis were prejudice against

[Athena Appleton]

I'm sorry for the double post, didn't mean to put Muggles, I meant to put mudbloods... Funny thing, I dont think Voldemort is that out to get Muggles (though he's certainly willing)

[Alice I]

Those are interesting paralells. You may have a very valid point. Even if JKR were to say "no not really" there are some striking similarities and the occupation of the Nazi party affected that part of the world more thourghly and more deeply than in america.

[Amon Rê]

LMAO...I totally mentioned something like that in a totally cast off fashion...check it out Which you already did and I'm a bit slow...all these different boards throw me sometimes... The name is from the combination of the two Egyptian Gods Amon and Rê...I LOVE history (I'm majoring in it at Uni...) Got that out of the way...but had to put this in to say I WAS paying attention...just a bit late

Maybe that means that JK Rowling is writing the Political Metaphor of our time...relating Riddle to Hitler and the Order of the Phoenix to the Allies....just a thought

Okay now that i've got up I think...it's time to crash

[highsorcerer]

The Death Eaters would be more like the Nazi SS rather than mere members (Sirius's brother and parents would be more like party members).

The Giants, depending on their role, would correspond to either Japan (whom Hitler referred to as "Yellow Ayrans" or some other garbage which allowed him to have a "inferior" race as allies) if they actively fought wizards, or perhaps more like the Soviets in the early days of the war (when they had non-aggression treaties, until they opened the Russian front).

[Athena Appleton]

Amon: lol go back and find it, you'll see that I mentioned that I'd been pushing this theory for a long time, that some people put me off on it, and then Ginny suggested making it a topic... I think it was in the professor's spouses thread.

You weren't blown off.

highsorcerer: yeah, I really did mean the SS instead of party members. It was late. My brain doesn't work properly after 8:00 p.m.

About the Giants, good thoughts about the Japanese in WWII, or possibly (though I don't really think likely) the Soviets. Just wonderin, but you know how Bill is trying to get the Goblins to join the cause? Do you think one race (Giants) could be like the Japanese, and one (Goblins) could be like the Soviets?

[Aberforth]

no no no no no.





I think that there are some parallels that can be drawn from recent world history. However, in a recent webchat JKR said that any parallel was purely coincidental/subconscious.

[Athena Appleton]

Really? Okay... I'll buy that (after all, I wasn't sure if this theory had Rowling's Stamp of Approval )

I don't think it's as out there as Star Wars, though.