Original La Tribuna Journal “Alfred Dreyfus Degradation Ceremony”, Magazine , 1895

Full Magazine 8 pages  Framed

8 Pages .” The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal revolving around antisemitism that inflamed late 19th century France. Alfred Dreyfus was an army captain found guilty of treason in 1894 for selling military secrets. Antisemitic publications used Dreyfus as a symbol of the disloyalty of all French Jews. Emile Zola wrote a letter to protest the verdict, titled J’Accuse, in which he accused the French Army of covering up its unjust conviction of Dreyfus. Zola was charged with libel and the Dreyfus Affair grew into a national political crisis. An Army intelligence officer was found to have forged the document proving Dreyfus’s guilt. But in a second trial, the Army again convicted Dreyfus, who was then pardoned by the president to end the crisis.