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Georges Picquart

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Georges Picquart , 1854-1914, French general. As chief of the army intelligence section in 1896, he discovered that the memorandum that had been used to convict Captain Dreyfus (see Dreyfus Affair ) had probably been the work of Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy . Higher officials warned Picquart to conceal his discovery; he persisted and was sent (Dec., 1896) to Tunis and demoted. After the trial of Émile Zola , Picquart was accused of forging the note that had convinced him of Esterhazy's guilt. He was dismissed from the service and arrested for forgery. The exoneration of Dreyfus in... Read more
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
...treason became evident in 1894, the guilt was pinned on Captain Dreyfus (see Dreyfus Affair ). The suspicions of Col. Georges Picquart helped to bring about a court-martial for Esterhazy in 1898, but his fellow officers quickly acquitted him. He subsequently... Read more
Dreyfus Affair
...Frenchmen into two irreconcilable factions. In 1896 Col. Georges Picquart , chief of the intelligence section, discovered evidence...faction, which steadily gained strength, came to include Georges Clemenceau , in whose paper Zola's letter appeared... Read more

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ZOLA'S WRITINGS ON DREYFUS AFFAIR REVEAL A BRAVE BUT LONELY AUTHOR.(Lifestyle)(Review)
; ...command was in an uproar. Lt. Col. Georges Picquart, the first great hero of the Dreyfus...in November 1897, by which time Picquart himself was wrongfully imprisoned...retrial, Zola also returned and Picquart was released. In 1902, four years... Read more
(movie reviews)
; ...the point of view of Lt. Col. George Picquart, a career Army officer and aristocrat...of treason and sent to Devil's Island. Picquart, newly promoted to Army intelligence...During the course of his investigation, Picquart discovers that the Army's haphazard investigation... Read more
Dreyfus, blow by blow
; ...men like Emile Zola, Colonel Marie Georges Picquart (who discovered the link to Esterhazy), Georges Clemenceau and Ferdinand Dominique...Clemenceau first became Premier he selected Picquart, who had been thrown out of the army...generals who had sacked him. Sadly, Picquart was killed in a ... Read more
Three sisters
; ...had studied piano with Chopin's pupil Georges Mathias. Chevillard organized the sisters...special friend of the family was Colonel Georges Picquart, of the War Office, a key figure in...eventually led to Dreyfus' acquittal. Picquart was an ardent music lover, and he often... Read more
A Century Ago, Zionism Founder Herzl Misread the Meaning of the Dreyfus Affair
; ...Statistical Section, Lt. Col. Georges Picquart, discovered evidence pointing...memorandum in question, Picquart saw that the handwriting...secrets to the Germans, Picquart confided his discovery to...revealed-quickly transferred Picquart to a dangerous post in Tunisia...few months later, ... Read more
'El affaire Dreyfus sigue abierto'.(El Angel)
; ...ascenso del Teniente Coronel Marie Georges Picquart como jefe del Departamento de Inteligencia...historia pudo haber tomado otro curso. Picquart, descubrió una nueva carta...verdadero traidor y espía. Picquart despreciaba a los judíos pero... Read more
Richard Dreyfuss brings `Honor' to HBO
; ...Dreyfuss boldly portrays Lt. Col. Georges Picquart - a bigoted Catholic and an intensely ambitious career officer. Picquart's mentor appoints the proud patrician...the controversial Dreyfus affair. Picquart, "a man of too much honor," dismays... Read more
Dreyfus, la opinión pública gana la batalla: se cumplen cien años del escándalo que sacudió Francia: la injusta condena y posterior rehabilitación de Alfred Dreyfus supuso un salto cualitativo para la democracia moderna. Fue una víctima de la xenofobia, el antisemitismo y también del nacionalismo.
; ...cayó en el olvido hasta 1897, cuando el teniente coronel Picquart, miembro del servicio de contraespionaje, emite sus primeras...la que se agarran de manera inquebrantable , escribió Georges Clémenceau. Su causa: la verdad, la justicia y los derechos... Read more
Pollard and Dreyfus
; ...at the International Dreyfus Centennial Conference, MK Shulamit Aloni noted that the major Dreyfus protagonists, Georges Picquart and Emile Zola, were Gentiles. Likewise, of the three judges reviewing Pollard's trial, only Steven Williams, the... Read more
(book reviews)
; ...investigation, the new head of the Intelligence Bureau, Major Georges Picquart, had come to believe that Esterhazy was in fact the...balance began to shift. In October, Ernest Vaughan and Georges Clemenceau founded the newspaper L'Aurore, which was... Read more

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