Alfred Dreyfus

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Alfred Dreyfus was a French Jewish army officer whose wrongful conviction for treason in the late 19th century became a landmark political scandal exposing deep-seated antisemitism and divisions within French society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Jew
French army officer
artillery officer
human
victim of miscarriage of justice
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery
causeOfFame political scandal exposing antisemitism in France
charge treason
child Jeanne Dreyfus
Pierre Dreyfus
citizenship France
convictedBy French military justice system
surface form: French military court
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
countryOfDetention French Guiana
dateOfBirth 1859-10-09
dateOfConviction 1894-12-22
dateOfDeath 1935-07-12
dateOfExoneration 1906-07-12
dateOfPardon 1899-09-19
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Alfred Dreyfus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dreyfus
givenName Alfred
hasCause antisemitism
forged evidence
hasInfluenceOn French politics
Zionism
surface form: Zionist movement

human rights discourse
knownFor being wrongfully convicted of treason
central figure in the Dreyfus affair
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank captain
major
militaryUnit French General Staff
movement Third French Republic NERFINISHED
notableWork Dreyfus affair
occupation military officer
participantIn Franco-Prussian War
World War I
placeOfBirth Mulhouse NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
placeOfDetention Devil’s Island
surface form: Devil's Island
rehabilitatedBy court of cassation
surface form: French Court of Cassation
religion Judaism
sentence deportation to Devil's Island
sexOrGender male
significantEvent Dreyfus affair
spouse Lucie Dreyfus
subjectOf J’accuse…!
surface form: J'Accuse…! by Émile Zola

numerous books and films about the Dreyfus affair

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subject surface form: L’Affaire
Dreyfus affair accusedPerson Alfred Dreyfus
Bernard Lazare associatedWith Alfred Dreyfus
J’accuse…! associatedWith Alfred Dreyfus
Montparnasse Cemetery burialPlaceOf Alfred Dreyfus
J’accuse…! defends Alfred Dreyfus
French General Staff employed Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus familyName Alfred Dreyfus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dreyfus
Mathieu Dreyfus familyName Alfred Dreyfus
this entity surface form: Dreyfus
Dreyfus affair mainVictim Alfred Dreyfus
Devil’s Island notablePrisoner Alfred Dreyfus
subject surface form: L’Affaire
Labori represented Alfred Dreyfus
Mathieu Dreyfus sibling Alfred Dreyfus
J’accuse…! subject Alfred Dreyfus