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Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young artillery officer of Alsatian-Jewish descent, was convicted in France in 1894 and again in 1899 of treason. Evidence against whom, the real culprit, surfaced by 1896 but was suppressed and only given weight to exonerate him in 1906 after a prolonged public campaign?

posted Oct 11, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Zola campaigned on Dreyfus's behalf, Sandherr headed military counter-intelligence and was a convinced anti-semite, Bismarck was German Foreign Secretary.

answer Oct 12, 2023 by Varuna Magar
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