Did Grindelwald want to kill muggles?

Grindelwald didn’t want to kill all the muggles. His goal was to lift the International Statute of Secrecy so that Wizards could reveal their existence to Muggles and dominate them “for the greater good.”

What did Grindelwald think of muggle-borns?

Grindelwald believed that wizards of any blood status were greater than muggles and deserved to rule over them, unlike Voldemort who believed that muggle-borns were inferior beings just for having muggle parents, despite muggle-borns still being wizards.

Why do Purebloods hate muggles?

Attitude and beliefs. Elitist pure-bloods even believed that it was a sign of weak magic to enjoy non-magical company and seemed to believe that some of the supposed dirtiness of Muggles and Muggle-borns would rub off on those who associated with them, thus they considered blood traitors to be “filthy” as well.

What was Grindelwald’s aim?

Grindelwald wanted to enslave the muggles saying it was for The Greater Good. As he said, magic blooms only in rare souls, and those in whom veins is running magical blood should stop hiding from muggles. They should rule the muggle world instead.

Does Grindelwald hate Muggle borns?

Grindelwald truly does not hate Muggles. He means it when he says he does not fight out of hatred. He does, however, fight specifically for wizarding freedom. Grindelwald is indifferent to Muggle lives.

Do Death Eaters hate muggles?

The Death Eaters’ hatred of Muggle-borns is analogous to racism: i.e., a belief one’s own race is superior to others’. All sorts of psychological, sociological, economic and political facts underlie this sort of personal racism.

Is Tom Riddle a mud blood?

Voldemort was not a “mudblood” – he was a half-blood, being that his mother was a(n almost Squib) witch. And he did try to mock them with that knowledge at the Department of Mysteries – Malfoy had to stop Bellatrix Lestrange from attacking Harry, since he had the Prophecy on himself.

What was Grindelwald’s Patronus?

This is a phoenix. When I started thinking about why this Patronus would fit Dumbledore, I came up with a theory that Gellert Grindelwald’s Patronus was actually a phoenix.

Is Grindelwald a pureblood supremacist?

He wanted wizards out of their secret lives and to live openly. He wanted them to benevolently rule. His motto was “For the Greater Good”, violence and abuse was justified to him because the result would be worth it. There is no indication that he believed in blood-supremacism.

Is Grindelwald a pure-blood?

Gellert Grindelwald (1883 – 24 March, 1998) was a German pure-blood wizard and one of many owners of the Elder Wand, which he stole from Mykew Gregorovitch.

What did Grindelwald say to his followers in the mausoleum?

In the Mausoleum, Grindelwald was welcomed with incredible enthusiasm. Grindelwald addressed his followers about his vision for the future. Despite the presence of countless pure-bloods, he did not reciprocate their belief that the Muggles were ‘vermin’, but that they would have their own place in the new world he intends to build.

What did Grindelwald do to the little girl?

Grindelwald martyred the girl, instructing his followers to return her to her family and spread the word that, in spite of the Ministries’ claims, he and his allies were not the ones to spread the violence. The wizards who had attended the rally Disapparated, leaving Grindelwald and his acolytes alone in the Mausoleum with the Aurors.

What happened to Grindelwald after the Battle of Hogwarts?

The revolutionary wizard and his acolytes retaliated to the manhunt against them by launching attacks on various targets across Europe. Although Grindelwald was briefly arrested by MACUSA after the Obscurus Incident of New York in 1926, he escaped a year later and fled back to Europe.

How did Grindelwald kill so many Aurors?

As his acolytes Disapparated, leaving only himself and Rosier in the circle of blue flames, Grindelwald invited the Aurors to join him in his quest for wizarding dominance and freedom. Those who would not would die. Several Aurors made to flee but Grindelwald unleashed the flames of his spell and the fleeing Aurors were consumed instantly.