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Dreyfus Affair

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dreyfus Affair , the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), a French general staff officer. The Case The case arose when a French spy in the German embassy discovered a handwritten bordereau [schedule], received by Major Max von Schwartzkoppen, German military attaché in Paris, which listed secret French documents. The French army, at this time the stronghold of monarchists and Catholics and permeated by anti-Semitism, attempted to ferret out the traitor. Suspicion fell on Dreyfus, a wealthy Alsatian Jew, while the press... Read more
Dreyfus Affair
Dreyfus Affair (France) A crisis...1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus (b. 1859, d. 1935...In August 1899, Dreyfus was still found...years. In response, Dreyfus received a presidential...in the army. The affair revealed the deep...the height of the affair, in 1898. For the...generally) ... Read more
Dreyfus Affair
Dreyfus Affair French political crisis arising...conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) for treason in 1894. Dreyfus was a Jewish army officer, convicted...xC9;mile Zola in defence of Dreyfus, provoked a bitter national... Read more

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