Grindelwald in the World Wars

Chapter 1 Gridelwald's Wand

Young Hugo Weasley visited the Flourish and Blotts bookstore on Diagon Alley. He found an interesting book on both Grindelwald and Voldemort and it seemed the two were interconnected. The title of the book was Grindelwald in the World Wars. Hermione and Rose were chatting with James, Albus Severus, Lily Luna and Scorpius Malfoy.. They were speculating on whether Voldemort had ever produced any children.

"If Voldemort did produce any child it would have been with Bellatrix LeStrange," said Scorpius. "Father witnessed much of what went on among the Death Eaters. Bellatrix, beside, being violent, had a devotion to the Dark Lord that was sick. Father said the Dark Lord loved to watch Bellatrix torture people. He claimed the mad woman knew how to apply the Cruciatus Curse better than he could. Her Cruciatus Curse losened tongues tongues when Voldemort could not get anything out of a person."

'My Mum resisted her and I don't know how," replied Hugo.

"I was desperate," replied Hermione. "I applied what the fake Moody taught us about throwing the Imperius Curse. Though it much more difficult I managed to partially throw Bellatrix's Curse, I really kept really screaming so Bellatrix would not know what I was doing. She was getting frustrated. My biggest fear was being handed over to Greyback. I knew I could get through the torture session."

"Uncle Harry had a chance to use Snape's Sectumsempra spell to kill Greyback after Greyback jumped him. He could have rid the world of Greyback. He was so mad at Snape for killing Dumbledore that he threw Greyback off and went after Snape ..."

"Your Uncle made a tactical mistake that would come back to haunt him. He still was very brave and fought with tenacity until Voldemort lay dead," asserted Hermione.

"Dad did not kill Voldemort but he intended to cast Sectumsempra and leave Voldemort to bleed out unless he could get him to surrender. Grandmum had just killed Bellatrix. The other Death Eaters had Disapparated, been killed or been captured. Voldemort cast a Killing Curse at Dad. It rebounded back and killed him," said James.

Young Hugo wanted to ask questions but everyone was engrossed in talking about the Death Eaters' reign of terror.

Hugo continued reading:

... After Grindelwald got into the incident that killed Arianna Dumbledore in Godric's Hallow he asked his Aunt, Bathilda Bagshot, to arrange for an emergency Portkey back to Germany. He did this and was gone before his aunt was any the wiser. Aurors came to her home after Grindelwald left.

"Where is Gellert Grindelwald?" they asked.

"He asked me for an emergency Portkey to his home country, Germany," replied Bathilda.

"He wanted for questioning in the death Ariana Dumbledore," replied the lead Auror. "We came from the Dumbledore house. The Dumbledore bothers said she died during a duel that broke out when they tried to get him to leave their home. Did Grindelwald have a wand?"

"Yes, but it was an ugly beat up stick," replied Bathilda.

"Grindelwald is not allowed to possess a wand or do magic" replied the Auror. "He was expelled from Durmstrang Institute for doing dark magic."

"How does a student get thrown out of Durmstrang for Dark Arts?" asked Bathilda.

"The Dark Art story of Durmstrang is a myth!" replied the Auror. "It consists of teaching students to throw the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse."

"Gellert told me he'd lived with a family in Tinworth and attended Hogwarts. He said he'd been a prefect in Slytherin. I even have a report from the Headmaster."

The Auror examined the "report" and announced it was a "clever magical forgery."

"Am I in trouble?" asked Bathilda.

"If I arrested you I would have to arrest the Ministry emplyee who authorized the Portkey," replied the Auror. "We probably will not be able to bring Herr Grindelwald in. Our relations with Magical Germany are not good."

Back In Germany

Because he had been expelled from Durmstrang he could not buy a wand from any reputable wand shop such as Ollivandar's or Gregoravich's. An international Owl had been sent all to the reputable wand makers ordering them not to sell a wand to Grindelwald. However, there were other wand makers who would patronised the less reputable and the poor wizards. They made cheap wands and used questionable cores because they were easy to get. They looked like beat up sticks but they worked especially for simple common spells. Grindelwald was an expert with a wand. For him a cheap wand worked about as well as a standard wand.

However Grindelwalt wanted a good wand. He broke into the wand shop of the Wandmaker Gregoravich and stole what looked like a fine wand. It seemed very powerful. It also seemed coreless. It could not have a Thesdral core. Grindelwald had seen Ariana die so he would have been able to see a Thesdral hair core. He went to a neighboring town and used the Killing Curse on the local town drunk. "This is the ELDER WAND! " he thought to himself. "I was not even seeking it and it found me, The Stick of Destiny! One of the Hallows of Death!"

The chapter ended. Hugo made his mind up. He had to have this book. Everyone was talking. He went to the register, paid for the book and put it into his pocket. It went home with him. Hugo ate a quick supper and went to his room to continue reading.

A\N: Cannon said Grindelwald was on the Axis side of World War II. This story is my idea of his war crimes and ultimate defeat as told by Hugo Weasley's reading.