Alfred Dreyfus

French artillery officer of Jewish faith and ancestry

1859 CE to 1935 CE

Alfred Dreyfus (October 9, 1859 – July 12, 1935) is a French artillery officer of Jewish faith and ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason become one of the most controversial and polarizing political dramas in modern French history.

The incident has gone down in history as the Dreyfus affair, the reverberations from which are felt throughout Europe.

It ultimately ends with Dreyfus's complete exoneration.

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