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  • Burckhardt's v.c., Printer and publisher

    • Title

  • Captain Dreyfus before the military court in Rennes

    • Other Title(s)

  • Kapitain Dreyfus vor dem Kriegsgericht in Rennes

  • Physical Description

    1 page : newsprint, colored ; 13.6 in. x 17.3 in. ; 34.5 centimeters x 44 centimeters

  • Date

    1899

  • Summary

    Scene shows Dreyfus sitting in the center of a court in uniform, surrounded by numerous men watching the court case, and two judges directly behind him. Title inscribed in German across the top, and a description of the scene is inscribed across the bottom.

  • Depicted

    Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935

  • Subject

    Military courts, France

  • Place

    Rennes (France)

  • Genre

    Printed ephemera

  • Medium

    Prints

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) is the namesake of the anti-Semitic event in French history known as the Dreyfus Affair. Dreyfus was a Jewish French army officer accused of espionage and treason in 1894. He was charged, stripped of his military ranking, and imprisoned on Devil's Island in French Guiana. When evidence turned up that another French officer had committed the treasonous acts, the army tried to hide the fact and kept the innocent Dreyfus imprisoned for five years. Dreyfus was only released in 1899 because of increasing public support. Dreyfus was exonerated in 1906 and was readmitted into the French army after that.

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Captain Dreyfus before the military court in Rennes, Leo Baeck Institute, 62.1f.