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Alfred Dreyfus
(redirected from Captain Alfred Dreyfus)

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Noun1.Alfred Dreyfus - French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)Alfred Dreyfus - French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)


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He is a relative of Captain Alfred Dreyfus , whose unjust conviction for treason in 1894 inspired Emile Zola's famous J'Accuse.
In 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was put on trial for passing military secrets to the Germans.
French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was accused and convicted by his country of spying on behalf of Germany in 1894.
 
 
 
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