Search results
Alfred Dreyfus (French: [alfʁɛd dʁɛfys], German: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈdʁaɪfuːs]; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Alsatian origin and Jewish ethnicity and faith.
May 25, 2024 · Alfred Dreyfus (born October 9, 1859, Mulhouse, France—died July 12, 1935, Paris) was a French army officer whose trial for treason began a 12-year controversy, known as the Dreyfus Affair, that deeply marked the political and social history of the French Third Republic.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dreyfus affair board game, 1898, Poster, 65 × 48 cm, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaisme. At the end of 1894, French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a graduate of the École Polytechnique and a Jew of Alsatian origin, was accused of handing secret documents to the Imperial German military.
Learn about the French Jewish officer who was wrongfully convicted of treason in 1894 and the political and social implications of his case. Explore the key facts, events, and sources of the Dreyfus Affair, a major episode in French history.
May 20, 2024 · Dreyfus affair, political crisis, beginning in 1894 and continuing through 1906, in France during the Third Republic. The controversy centered on the question of the guilt or innocence of army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been convicted of treason for allegedly selling military secrets to the Germans in 1894.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the Dreyfus affair, a scandal that rocked France in the late 19th century over a Jewish officer's false conviction for treason. Find out how the case revealed anti-Semitism, corruption, and the power struggle between the military and the republic.
Jul 7, 2006 · One hundred years ago this month, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish army officer who had spent five years on Devil's Island for high treason and an additional seven years trying to clear...
