History of Antisemitism in Subtopia

## Antisemitism in Subtopia

Drawing of persecuted Jews, c. 1600s

Throughout the history of Subtopia spanning from the inception of the original three nations until the modern day, Jewish persecution has remained a relevant sociopolitical factor in the landscape of the region.

## Adrionis

Following the inception of Adrionis in the mid-thirteenth century A.D., the persecution of Jews was a common practice among both the majority Catholic population (themselves descendants of Christian Europeans), as well as the heavily Islamic population in the southern Zamanabad and Alardia regions. However, despite the popular antisemitic beliefs of the people, several rulers from the House of Carpathos, especially including the Loftenburg bloodline, are direct descendants of German Jews.

During the reigns of Cisco I and Cisco II, Adrionian antisemitism reached its peak. Genocides began nationally in the late-seventeenth century against Jewish people, including entire villages being razed in violent mob pogroms, initiated by both Christian and Islamic organizations on behalf of the crown. Following the 1714 deposition of Cisco II, persecution on a national scale ceased, though Jewish hatred remained in many communities.

Support for Jews remained a heated talking point in Adrionis throughout the 1800s and 1900s, until Adrionis took a pro-Jewish policy stance following the Second World War. In addition, there were several Jewish kings, most notably Vincent Loftenburg.

Following Loftenburg's death, the House of Carpathos once again assumed a royal position under Cisco III (or Xavier Cisco). During his reign until present day, it has been alleged that both the king as well as the Labor Party have contracted private military companies, including Blackfleet PMC, to act as a "death squad" against many groups within the country. Of the groups allegedly targeted by the Labor Party, Jews remain the only one persecuted simply for their ethnicity.

## Moskochev

Originally harboring a large population of Ashkenazi Jews, massive persecution throughout the nation's history has resulted in them becoming a significant minority. Throughout every major political phase of Moskochev, including the Imperial and Communist eras, as well as during the reign of the Moskists, Jews remained a repeated target of politically-motivated hatred and, often times, genocide.

During the Moskist regime, Ivan Truchev initiated several pogroms against Jews in Moskochev and the Besovsk Socialist Republic, resulting in the murder of 21,907 Jewish people. Oftentimes the Moskochevian "Ground Forces" would shell entire towns with a significant Jewish population, as well as using white phosphorous and napalm bombs against villages in the heavily wooded Besovsk. Many Jewish men displaced in the pogroms were spared if they had physical strength, and were instead sent to forced labor camps for "death through work."

Moskochev in the Kalinov era would also employee Holocaust-era tactics, including wheeled "murder squads" and gas vans. Makeshift execution centers were also established in certain cities toward the fall of the Moskist regime, and although not built specifically for Jews, were used extensively as part of the pogrom.