Grindelwald Attacks

Grindelwald Attacks
Part of the Global Wizarding War
Date	Before 1926
Location	Multiple locations throughout Europe
Result	The international magical community is unable to contain Gellert Grindelwald’s influence, leading to the outbreak of the Global Wizarding War
Combatants
Ministries of Magic in Europe International Confederation of Wizards
The Alliance
Casualties
Many people, both magical and non-magical

Grindelwald Attacks was a term popularised by a number of international wizarding media outlets to describe a series of terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald and his followers all across the continent of Europe. These attacks likely involved mass murder.

Attacks

1926

20 November

The first known attack in 1926 happened somewhere in Europe on 20 November.

Aurors were dispatched nationwide and authorities claimed that there were Grindelwald sightings in Bratislava.

28 November

The second attack took place on 28 November somewhere in Europe.

Being hunted

Grindelwald killing five Aurors

On 21 November 1926, Porpentina Goldstein investigated possible locations of Gellert Grindelwald. Seven days later, they found a location which was a derelict château.

Five Aurors were sent to this location. When they got here, they edged slowly with their wands out towards this mansion. They were then killed by Gellert Grindelwald, however, who caught them off guard and attacked them.

1 December

Grindelwald's attacks intensified on 1 December, risking war against No-Majs.

Appearances

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (First mentioned)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (Mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Indirectly mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Indirectly mentioned only)