10 Compelling Arguments That Lord Voldemort Was Based On Adolf Hitler
5. The Aryan Race
Blood aside, to be considered a truly pure Aryan then your appearance would also have to fit the bill. Jews were depicted as hideous creatures with big noses and evil intentions in print and demonised at every given opportunity. In a not too dissimilar tactic used by the Voldemort-controlled Ministry, a statue is erected in the lobby of the government office depicting two beautiful, well dressed wizards sitting on a throne of ugly, naked muggles accompanied by the phrase Magic is Might. This notion of the blond-haired, blue-eyed master race, whether intentional or not, is clear for all to see in the Harry Potter series, most notably with the Malfoy family. Death Eater Lucious Malfoy, his wife Narcissa and their son Draco all sport bleach blond hair and porcelain-white skin, and they act as though they are the true cream of the crop. Even within Hitlers master race there were subsections Nordic Aryans (top of the pile), as well as Meditarranian, Dinaric, Alpine and East Baltic. Not all of these members of a supposed master race had blond hair and blue eyes, and the fact that those traits were desirable but not essential suited a dark haired Hitler down to the ground in the same way that Voldemort was nothing like the beautiful wizards that sat atop the muggles in his statue.
