On October 15, 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery captain attached to the French General Staff, was arrested for having betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the Germans. He was convicted of treason by military courtmartial and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island...
By the time of the Zola letter, the Dreyfus case had attracted widespread public attention and had split France into two opposing camps. The anti-Dreyfusards (those against reopening the case) viewed the controversy as an attempt by the nation’s enemies to discredit the army and weaken Franc...
In March of 1896, French intelligence discovered another piece of paper–in the same German office–which promised new deliveries of French military secrets. The handwriting was identical to that found on the piece of paper used in the Dreyfus case. Since Dreyfus was imprisoned on Devil’s Islan...
For it was on this day in 1894 that the case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus – the brilliant high-ranking French officer of Jewish descent – plunged France into a political scandal that would would rage for a generation and expose a multitude of complex troubles for the fragile Third Republic: ...
The Dreyfus Affair(1908) Short|Short, Biography Edit pageAdd to list Track In this interesting picture we are given a vivid idea of the principal incidents connected with the Dreyfus case, which caused such a stir in military circles in the year of 1894. Alfred Dreyfus, an officer on the ...
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Dé léi fú sī Dreyfus (name) Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice 德雷福斯案件 Dé léi fú sī àn jiàn Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisem...
The Trial Outcome of the Alfred Dreyfus Case Doubt After the Sentencing of Alfred Dreyfus Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is the history of the Dreyfus Affair? The term the Dreyfus Affair is used to describe the trial of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer accused of spying...
Mathieu Dreyfuscomplained to the Ministry of War against Esterhazy. While the circle of Dreyfusards widened, in January 1898 two nearly simultaneous events gave a national dimension to the case: Esterhazy was acquitted of treason charges (afterwards shaving his moustache and fleeing France), and...