Ceramic lovers from all over the world found yet another “cult object”, which is already very popular. It is possible to see the grave of the real Harry Potter, who died 68 years ago, in the cemetery of the Israeli city of Ramleh.

Harry, buried on Israeli soil, is not a prototype of the world-renowned boy with a scar on his forehead; this is just a coincidence, which, however, makes all admirers of Joanne Rowling’s creative work extremely happy. Potter buried in the war cemetery is a young soldier, who died at the age of 19 years and 10 months. According to the tombstone inscription, he died on a mission to Hebron in 1939.

The real Harry Potter, who served in the first Woostershire Battalion sent to Palestine to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict, was a soldier of King George VI. The regiment had a difficult mission and the life of young Harry Potter ended on July 22, 1939 during a skirmish in the suburb of Hebron on the west bank of the Jordan River.

According to data from the British Commonwealth War Burial Sites Commission, a total of 20 Harry Potters fell in battles around the world. Graves with such a name exist both in the snowdrifts of Libya and in central Europe. Until recently, only Commission representatives knew about dead soldiers, but a few years ago a young Israeli photographer, who had been taking pictures in cemeteries, posted a photo on the Internet. After that, many mythical fans of Potter paid great attention to his site, and since then the modest war cemetery in Ramleh experiences an unprecedented flow of visitors. Compared to the burial places of other potters, exactly the 19-year-old namesake of the young wizard 5@C became famous, leaving behind in popularity even the eternal remnant of the father of the nation Ben Gurion or Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered. by the bullet of the Jewish extremist.

As the number of visitors increased over time, the narrow driveway leading to Potter’s headstone was widened and parking was arranged to one side of the entrance. The new landmark became so popular that the Ramleh mayor’s office included this English war cemetery on the list of recommended sights along with two Crusader towers, which were built in the era of the Empire’s supremacy. Ottoman.