Adam Bronstein

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> "Bronstein is, remarkably, almost completely left out of the history books, yet his importance cannot be overstated. He was the true archicect of Neo-Europe - he served as Wolfgang's father figure for over twenty years! He must not be forgotten, for I feel much of Neo-Europe's problems stem from him." - **Said Drahreni, 2146.**
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Adam Abraham Bronstein (1963-2046) was a British Politician who served as the first Premier of **Anglo-Germany,** and later, **Neo-Europe,** for four years between 2039 and 2043.

## Early Life

Adam Abraham Bronstein was born into a middle class Jewish family in Manchester on 23 November 1963, to Eliana (Nee Cohen) (1929-2020) and Noah Bronstein (1922-2002). Eliana was born in Britain, but with Russian Ashkenazi ancestry, while Noah was born in Poland and fled to Britain in the late 1930s with his family.

Adam was their only child, and he lived with them until he started university in 1981, studying Economics at Durham. Following this, he was not sure how to live his life, changing careers multiple times in the 80s and 90s, before becoming a town councillor in Manchester in 1998, initially as a Conservative, before becoming independent three years later. He stepped down in 2010, and owned a restaurant called *The Voyager* in Sheffield from then on.

## Meeting Wolfgang Von Stuttgart

Bronstein first met the to-be Emperor of Neo-Europe in 2020, when Wolfgang was 18. Wolfgang, whose Father had died in the Coronavirus Pandemic, and his mother subsequently committed suicide, was an impoverished yet idealistic individual. Bronstein gave the man advice and told him that every event, whether good or bad, provides opportunities. Wolfgang then left, promising to keep in touch.

Bronstein, financially in trouble, was forced to close *The Voyager* later that year, though had relatively large savings, in part due to his own mother's dedeath that year. He called Wolfgang, who, planning to return to Germany, offered him shelter, who accepted. As a mentor-like figure to the young German, they planned an ideal nation, seeing the economic havoc the Pandemic was causing on Europe.

## Premiership

### Invitation

In 2039, upon Wolfgang's ascension to Emperor, he invited the now elderly Bronstein to become his head of Federal Government. Citing his age and believing he wasn't 'Germanic enough,' he initially turned it down, but after remembering their first meeting together, he accepted.

### Intervention in the French Civil War

Initially reluctant, Bronstein decided to support Anglo-Germany's invasion of France to support the Integrationists and oppose the Nationalists.

### Treaty of Paris

Bronstein helped draft the Treaty of Paris, which formally allowed France to join and the nations together became Neo-Europe.

### Resignation

However, in early 2043 he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's aged 79, and is forced to resign several months later. Karl Becker succeeded him as Premier, without needing an election.

## Post-Premiership

Bronstein was largely out of the public eye after his resignation as his condition deteriorated, though Emperor Wolfgang continued to visit him and made him an honorary Knight.

## Personal Life

He met **Natalie Rosenberg** (1966-2053) in 1987 and they married two years later. Together they had two sons, Isaac and Paul, in 1990 and 1993. Unfortunately, the marriage ended in a nasty divorce in 2007 due to Bronstein's crippling alcoholism at the time; his sons refused contact with him for over twenty years after that. He reconciled with his sons in 2029, though Natalie continued to avoid him.

Bronstein never remarried, though his nurse, **Katherine**, moved in with him after his retirement from politics, in order to better care for him. He died in her arms, unaware of who she was, mistaking her for Natalie.

He eventually grew tired with Judaism and became a secular Jew in 2003.

Bronstein was given a state funeral , with the entire royal family attending, as well as much of both the Federal and British Governments.

## Legacy

Following his death, Bronstein was remebered as a strong head of government. Throughout the rest of his reign, Emperor Wolfgang continued to reference him as a leading inspiration. Despite this, he is a figure most often forgotten about, with far greater emphasis on Wolfgang. The few statues Bronstein did have were torn down in the reign of Ekrim Tekin, who also criticised him for continuing the corrupt bureacracy of Europe past.