'''Alfred Dreyfus''' (1859-1935) was a [[Jewish officer in the French]] army officer falsely who was accused of spying for Germany in the late 1800s1890s. The charges, conviction and initial refusal by the government to admit its error had overtones of reflected rampant [[antiAnti-Semitism]], as Dreyfus was [[Jewish]].<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Dreyfus.html</ref> In 1895, he was sentenced to spend life imprisoned on [[Devil's Island]] off the coast of French Guiana, but he was pardoned four years later. The incidence has become known in history as The Dreyfus Affair.
The '''Dreyfuss Affair''' became a central issue in French politics, with critics like [[Émile Zola]]—who cried "[[J'accuse]]"—insisting it was a miscarriage of justice brought by a conspiracy of Catholic army officers. Dreyfuss was proven innocent and released in 1899. ==Further reading==* Bredin, Jean----Denis. ''The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus.'' (1986). 551 pp.* Griffiths, Richard. ''The Use of Abuse: The Polemics of the Dreyfus Affair and Its Aftermath.'' (1991). 207 pp.* Kleeblatt, Norman L., ed. ''The Dreyfus Affair: Art, Truth, and Justice.'' (1987). 315 pp.* Zola, Emile. ''ReferencesThe Dreyfus Affair:"J'Accuse" and Other Writings.''(1996). 202 pp.
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