In 1896, following a failed attempt to reopen the case by Dreyfus’s family and a young journalist, Bernard Lazare (1865-1903), the affair made history at the end of the following year. Saving the honour of the army and the foundering career of the Minister of War, General Auguste Mercier (1833-1921), and deep-rooted anti-Semitism, amplified by a virulent press relentlessly exploiting the affair, made Dreyfus the perfect culprit. Dreyfus was tried behind closed doors and sentenced instead of the true culprit, whom the high command had made no attempt to identify. Stripped of his rank, he was deported to Devil's Island, the penal colony in French Guiana. Hoffman, Robert L.Late in 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), a young army officer at the Ministry of War, was arrested and sentenced for life for high treason for having allegedly communicated military secrets to the Germans. Harding, William, Dreyfus, the prisoner of Devil's Island:įull story of the most remarkable military trial and scandal of the age, Included in this gallery are court scenesĭuring the trial, the court martial, and reading of the verdict atīredin, Jean-Denis, The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus,īurns, Michael, France and the Dreyfus affair: aĬahm, Eric, The Dreyfus Affair in French Society andĬhapman, Guy, The Dreyfus Trials, London: Batsford Public Library has digitized 14 illustrations related to the DreyfusĪffair. "Dreyfus affair, 1894-1906" Digital Photo Collection Count Walsin-Esterhazy, commandant of the Letter of Novemfrom Mathieu Dreyfus to the On His Interrogation, Trial, and DegradationĮxcerpts from Alfred Dreyfus, Cinq Années de Ma Vie. Georges Clemenceau's newspaper, L'Aurore. President of the Republic, "J'Accuse," published in Including the Januletter of Emile Zola to the Included areĭigitized illustrations and excerpts from newspapers of the time, Martial's register, whose final pages are reproduced after theĪttached to the text on La publicité de l'arrêtĬompilation of material from Encyclopaedia Judaica. Of Cassation's dossier, does not list the court fees visible on the Him extenuating circumstances this certified copy, an element of the The second sentencing of Captain Dreyfus, handed down at Rennes on 9 Minister of Justice, requesting a review of his 1899 conviction.ĭreyfus's conviction is confirmed by the Paris review board (4 pages,Ĭonsists solely of the name of the printer) The procedure for dossiers I and II in Dreyfus's review trial.Ĭonviction of Dreyfus handed down on 22 December 1894 by the Paris Below are examples of what can be accessed though the Is a link entitled Multimedia that contains digitized images ofĬourt, military and police documents along with newspaper articles,Īnd photographs. This comprehensive site on Alfred Dreyfus is divided intoįive sections: France on the Threshold of the 20 th Century,įrench and the Dreyfus Affair, Alfred Dreyfus and his Family, The Long
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |