Author 'Chilled' to Learn Harry's Half-Blood Status has Nazi Parallels
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JK ROWLING made the "chilling" discovery that villains in her books used the same twisted logic as the Nazis when she visited a Holocaust museum, the author has revealed.
Ms Rowling was asked by a fan to explain why some people in the stories - including the hero Harry Potter - are referred to as "half- blood" wizards.See the full content of this document
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Author 'Chilled' to Learn Harry's Half-Blood Status has Nazi Parallels
She replied that the terms "half-blood" and "pure-blood" were used by prejudiced characters such as the evil Lucius Malfoy and the Death Eaters, servants of arch-villain Lord Voldemort.
Ms Rowling said she had invented the idea that some wizards were not considered to be "pure",...See the full content of this document
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