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Following the story of Doug Bloom During the unrest of of 1919, the first Comissars were brought to Hungary in the young Hungarian Soviet Republic. In only 113 days the regime was pushed back and the remaining party members fled to Vienna, Austria. Many were executed by Stalin, and more Communist and other leftists aswell as Jews were murdered in what is now known as the White Terror unleashed by Romanian forces. After World War II the soviets occupied much of the eastern block, carrying some of the largest remaining ethnically and culturally Jewish populations in Europe. Most having fled to Argentina and the United States during the holocaust. Before 1952 the United Jewish Socialist Workers Party of Hungary constituted the majority of Hungary's Communist regime and secret police force, until a series of purges until 1953 saw them lose control and only three years later the Hungarian Revolution was in full effect. Jewish men fought on both sides of the conflict, many of these jews were atheistic in nature due to the zeitgeist of the time and the communist edicts renouncing religion and all religious practices. When Soviet troops marched into Hungary and put down the insurrection, leaving between 2500 and 3000 people dead, 13000 people wounded and countless more were forced to attend re-education camps. This assimilation through forced education, marriage and national culture further eroded the cultural heritage of the Hungarian jews. In 1957 the remaining Jews fearing for their lives during new political purges and their religious freedom fled Hungary through Britain and Canada, most settling in Northern America, while a large percentage settled in Israel. Most of the emigrating Jews were strong in their faith and traditions, and brought this with them to North America. Like many other Jews, Doug's grandparents emigrated to Canada through the United Kingdom, picking up an English surname along the way before settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in 1962, Doug's father joined the army and became an aircraft maintenance technician for the United States Airforce and moved away from Philadelphia. Ernest Bloom Jr narrowly missed being deployed during the Vietnam war and met his future wife Rachel in 1979 while assigned to the Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. He had joined as a service man due the stories evoked in him earlier in his upbringing, which had left him with a deep seated hatred for Communism. Rachel Frantzen was also of of Jewish decent, and the two married four years after they met when Ernest was brought back to serve at the Los Santos Airforce Base, built in the year of his birth. While the married couple settled in a Jewish and Polish community in South Los Santos, near the Temple Beth Shalom. The majority of South Los Santos had already experienced white flight, and the closing of many Jewish communities, but a few remained and provided a comfortable place to build a life. They would never have any children due to a medical complication following a miscarriage but they remained together until 1991 when Ernest was 30 years old and Rachel would divorce him after having an affair with a co-worker for several years. Ernest remarried quickly and by 1992 his wife Gina had given birth to Doug in the Central Los Santos Medical Center. Growing up in South Los Santos was far from a place to be brought up nor was it a pleasant experience. Abuse from neighbours and law enforcment was common place, and throughout the nineties crime kept it's climbing trajectory from decades before. Barely being able to apply for college after high school, Doug was accepted and attended the University of San Andreas, Los Santos with his fathers support who had moved his family out of South Los and into Mirror Park during the last few years of Doug's adolescense. Despite being provided with the means to attain a degree, Doug began dealing marijuana on campus. Buying the product cheap from his friends back in the "Jungles" allowed him to make larger profits than most, selling the weed to both clueless and educated contemporaries alike. It wasn't long until someone displeased with the price they had paid after being overcharged turned him in to the University Judicial Board. While no evidence could be produced, Doug was forced to accept a deal stipulating he would no longer attend in exchange for both his academic record from the University being sealed and that no investigation into the allegations would be pursued. Since, Doug began working as a delivery driver due to the generosity of a childhood friend of his mother, Gina. Simon Feldman, an entrepeneur and industry professional began working for Jetsam Haulage & Freight while still a young man, eventually becoming a supervisor, then manager of the company. After a long career, Simon then assumed control of the company and at this point offered Doug a job in 2017. Before this, Doug would be selling marijuana and cocaine in small amounts out of his apartment in the projects. This was the result of his father having cut him off financially in 2011 at 19 years old. In 2021 Simon Feldman had expanded, running one of the most profitable cartage companies in the state. Expanding upon this, Wup et Dux a high society clothing store on the iconic Little Portola, in Rockford Hills. During this period, Doug has recently spent some time in the Bahamas on a four month long vacation, cashing unemployment checks while abroad. While having spent most of his money, he returns to the company after a long hiatus. Still cashing in on his unemployment benefits and selling eightballs of cocaine, he spends his days smoking weed with his friends from the Jungle, and working long shifts at the Elysian Island main office. Featured threads(show some love) : Waknine DTO The Merchant of Elysian God of Mischief