(DREYFUS AFFAIR)

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1898-1906

Dreyfus, Alfred, Cinq Années de ma Vie 1894-1899. (Paris, 1901). * Five Years of My Life. (London, 1901). * Five Years of My Life 1894-1899 (New York, 1901). * Fünf Jahre meines Lebens 1894-1899 (Berlin, 1901). * Sixteen German postcards concerning “L'Affaire.” * Single-leaf cartoon issued by Punch (London, June 7, 1899). * Five issues of L'Illustration: Journal Universel (Paris, July-September 1899). * Seven issues of Le Petit Journal (Paris, 1894-1899)

See N.L. Kleeblatt, The Dreyfus Affair: Art, Truce and Justice (1987)

Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army was accused of high treason for spying for the German enemy. Dreyfus was in fact innocent, the true culprit was Major Esterhazy. But before Dreyfus' innocence could be proven, he was forced out of the army, stripped of his epaulets, his saber ceremoniously broken, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Isle in the Guyanas. “L'Affaire Dreyfus” dragged on for years, provoking agitation against Jews throughout the French countryside.With the help of the journalist, Emile Zola - who wrote a scathing article “J'Accuse,” exposing French miscarriage of justice - and other prominent defenders, Dreyfus was eventually released from prison and restored to his rightful rank in the army. The present collection includes Dreyfus' own memoirs in French, and English and German translations, as well as coverage in the French press, and the flutter of postcards engendered by this ignoble chapter in French history