World War II had a different story in Harry Potter, and it’s a bit clearer in MoR. It was sparked by Grindlewald’s desire to have dominion over the muggles—the muggle war was just a reflection of the wizarding war going on at the same time. Grindlewald was the real power in Germany, and Hitler just a pawn. The reason Dumbledore couldn’t take down Grindlewald until the war was over, was that Hitler was fueling Grindlewald’s power using dark rituals involving the blood sacrifice of millions of muggles.
The world didn’t know about the Holocaust and had trouble believing it had happened. Much of the Nazi higher ups didn’t know about it. A particular high ranked Nazi officer kept a diary while he was in Nuremburg throughout the trials. Among other things, it records him being told about and shown evidence of the Holocaust, denying it, confronting it, and reconciling it with his beliefs. If I remember correctly he remains loyal to the cause, all except the Holocaust, which he thought was terrible even when he thought it was fake.
Tangent aside, Hitler was hated by many non-Germans before he started losing. He was hated by some of his own people before he lost. He didn’t lose because he was hated, he lost because war is decided by logistics, strategy, morale, and luck. Even when his side could keep up the others, it couldn’t sustain logistics against giants like Americans and Soviets.
Wait… was that another tangent?
Oh, yeah. So villains act and heroes react, right? Tom wanted to be the hero because he thought people love heroes and promote them to positions of power. And Tom wanted power. So first you make a villain who makes a mess, then you make a hero who rallies the people around himself, cleans up the villain, and sustains his momentum and rally to take over the world!
Downvoted because I don’t see where thomblake is supposed to have said that the Holocaust was why Hitler lost, so I don’t see what you’re responding to.
In case it’s relevant, remember that Hitler was just a muggle pawn of Grindlewald, and the Holocaust existed to fuel Gindlewald’s dark rituals.
I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you’re suggesting. Please say more about your point.
World War II had a different story in Harry Potter, and it’s a bit clearer in MoR. It was sparked by Grindlewald’s desire to have dominion over the muggles—the muggle war was just a reflection of the wizarding war going on at the same time. Grindlewald was the real power in Germany, and Hitler just a pawn. The reason Dumbledore couldn’t take down Grindlewald until the war was over, was that Hitler was fueling Grindlewald’s power using dark rituals involving the blood sacrifice of millions of muggles.
Yeah, that is one of the holes in this thing.
Riddle probably got his idea to exchange heroism for power from somewhere else.
The Holocaust wasn’t why Hitler lost.
The world didn’t know about the Holocaust and had trouble believing it had happened. Much of the Nazi higher ups didn’t know about it. A particular high ranked Nazi officer kept a diary while he was in Nuremburg throughout the trials. Among other things, it records him being told about and shown evidence of the Holocaust, denying it, confronting it, and reconciling it with his beliefs. If I remember correctly he remains loyal to the cause, all except the Holocaust, which he thought was terrible even when he thought it was fake.
Tangent aside, Hitler was hated by many non-Germans before he started losing. He was hated by some of his own people before he lost. He didn’t lose because he was hated, he lost because war is decided by logistics, strategy, morale, and luck. Even when his side could keep up the others, it couldn’t sustain logistics against giants like Americans and Soviets.
Wait… was that another tangent?
Oh, yeah. So villains act and heroes react, right? Tom wanted to be the hero because he thought people love heroes and promote them to positions of power. And Tom wanted power. So first you make a villain who makes a mess, then you make a hero who rallies the people around himself, cleans up the villain, and sustains his momentum and rally to take over the world!
I guess.
But doesn’t have to be about the Holocaust.
Downvoted because I don’t see where thomblake is supposed to have said that the Holocaust was why Hitler lost, so I don’t see what you’re responding to.
Yeah, I totally don’t know what thomblake meant. I just tried to spread the words around and hope they caught some rain.
I’m not REALLY retracting this in that it remains true. But I am taking a different approach.