and most unsubtle link. Hmmmm. They all have funny, Germanic accents! They act like Nazis! And the consonants for "Sturm und Drang" are mysteriously transposed.
Sheesh, JKR! You might not like Germans very much (this is a commonality of all Brits, I guess), but do you have to be so obvious?
(What do you want to bet they get Jurgen Prochnow to play the headmaster from Durmstrang whose name now escapes me. Hey, my brain ain't Azkaban....)