Those Who Struggle with God
The Dreyfus Affair was one of the most significant political scandals in French history. It began when a Jewish French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was wrongly accused of high treason. In this fifth and last episode of the series, we cover the end of the affair and the happenings of the Dreyfus family in the years that followed Alfred Dreyfus’s second trial and up to his death.
The Dreyfus Affair was one of the most significant political scandals in French history. It began when a Jewish French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was wrongly accused of high treason. In this fourth podcast episode, we will cover Alfred Dreyfus’s second trial that took place after his years of exile on Devil’s Island.
The Dreyfus Affair was one of the most significant political scandals in French history. It began when a Jewish French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was wrongly accused of high treason. In this third podcast episode, we will cover his exile on Devil’s Island, a remote prison off the coast of French Guiana.
The Dreyfus Affair was one of the most significant political scandals in French history. It began when a Jewish French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was wrongly accused of high treason. In this second podcast episode, we will go over the first court-martial and degradation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
The first of 4 or maybe 5 episodes about the Dreyfus Affair. One of the most infamous affairs of the 20th century.
It was a pivotal moment that shaped the political landscape of modern France and also led to the founding of the State of Israel.
There are probably hundreds of books written on the events surrounding Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s arrest for the crime of high treason in 1894; and the antisemitism unleashed against the Jewish “traitor”.