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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series might well have been influenced by her country's experience in the years before the Second World War, and some of the characters seem to have historical or contemporary counterparts. Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge (Neville Chamberlain) does not wish to believe that Lord Voldemort (Hitler) has returned, and he uses the media to smear anybody who says otherwise. Fudge instead accuses Professor Dumbledore (Winston Churchill?) of assembling a private army with which to take over the Ministry of Magic as opposed to defending it against the Death Eaters: obvious counterparts of Nazis. The Death Eaters'...

"As I told you once before, Mr. Potter, naughty children deserve to be punished." --Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In addition, Umbridge warns in this movie poster, "Dissent will not be tolerated." Dolores Umbridge is a fictional villain in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but the story displays many real world counterparts and influences. ... Dolores Umbridge meanwhile denounces and punishes any Hogwarts student who says that Voldemort has returned, or tries to learn defenses against the Dark Arts. We doubt that Rowling had Department of Homeland Security...