Dreyfus+Affair

Dreyfus Affair- Occurred in France in 1894. Alfred Dreyfus, a French officer, was accused and convicted of high treason and selling information to the Germans. Although the evidence used to convict the Jewish officer he was sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment on Devil's Island. In the process Dreyfus was publicly humiliated (shown above). This event created two dilemmas in France: the first was a political dilemma the second was ethical. The affair caused Socialist, radicals, and republicans to work together against the French army and government in an attempt to gain more power while defending the innocent officer. The Dreyfus affair also spawned an increase of anti-Semitism, this in turn was a major factor leading to the formation of a Israel.

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Benjamin Ellison Febuary 12 Edited by: Stephen Puckette 2/12/09 http://www.dreyfuscase.com/html/dreyfus_affair.html http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Dreyfus.html