NationStates Jolt Archive

New Zion:

'It is hereby declared that the teaching of the German language shall hereby be abolished in all Ashkenazian schools. The German-language schools that operated during the period of Nordrreicher occupation shall institute a government-approved Yiddish and Hebrew bilingual program or be closed. In addition, all public signs must be printed in either Yiddish or Hebrew. German-speaking Jews are advised strongly to learn Yiddish immediately.'

President Benjamin Sternowitz.

Outside the Presidential Building, New Zion:

A crowd of thousands of Jewish-Germans gathered to protest the effective banning of their language. Many of them had already made up their minds to move back to Nordrreich. However, many German-speaking Jews had lived in the territory which became Ashkenazia for decades or even centuries. German-speaking Jews made up about eleven percent of the Ashkenazian population and much of the professional and managerial middle classes which allowed the struggling Ashkenazian economy to avoid complete meltdown.

We feel that the actions of Ashkenazia violate the rights of free man and highly suggests that this rather unpopular act should be immediately appealed. If not, I'm afraid our two nations will not be able to communicate with each other, since German and Romansch are the two common languages of our nation. Furthermore, we lack any Jewish minority in our country, thus making Yiddish/Hebrew non-existent.

Maximilian Von Hinterguard
Deriktor of International Relations
Confederacy of Lachenburg

Official Press Release of the Dominion of Nordrreich:

'We abhor such a ban on the German language, especially when a large and influential minority speaks that tongue in your territory. We have been very tolerant about allowing Yiddish-speaking schools to operate in our territory undisturbed. The Dominion of Nordrreich granted you independence on various conditions, including maintaining the rights of German-speaking Jews on your territory. We intend to stand by such a promise.'

Chancellor Karl von Liebknecht

Official Press Release of the Nordrreich Jewish Association:

'The NJA is strongly opposed to your discriminatory policies towards German-speaking Jews. We may be forced to take civil action against your nation for such a flagrant breach of civil rights, especially when these were guaranteed as a condition of independence.'

NJA President Peter Bernstein

'Secret Letter' of Baron Heinrich von Rothschild, CEO of the Rothschild Group (one of the largest financial groups in Nordrreich)

'You have exactly one week to reverse this proposed legislation or I shall personally freeze all assets of Ashkenazia and stop all credit lines and force payment on debts owed to me. Instead of giving you an exact dollar figure, I shall give you a rough estimate. Be reasonable, or you can effectively kiss seventeen percent of your entire economy goodbye.'

OOC> About 3% of Nordrreich's population (or about 12.1 million people) are German-speaking Jews, and about 1% (or 4.0 million people) are Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazics. Just to give some statistics to flesh things out a bit.

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