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| 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). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Investigation and the arrest of Dreyfus |
The judicial inquiry had been entrusted to Major Bexon d'Ormescheville, judge-advocate of the first court martial of the Seine département. Comrades of Dreyfus said that they remembered, or thought they remembered, that in his past conduct he had shown signs of excessive curiosity. One officer testified that he had lent him the "manuel de tir" for several days, but that was in July, whereas the bordereau was now believed to have been written in April. An agent named Guénée, charged by Major Henry with the task of inquiring into the question of his morals, picked up a collection of tales which represented Dreyfus as a gambler and a libertine, whose family had been obliged several times to pay his debts. Another inquiry by the Prefecture of Police showed the inanity of these allegations: Dreyfus was unknown in gambling-houses, and Guénée's informants had confused him with one of his numerous namesakes. There was no visible motive; the accusation rested solely on the disputed handwriting. (references) |
| James Dreyfus |
James Dreyfus, born 1 January 1964, in London, England is an English character actor. (references) |
| Julie Dreyfus |
Julie Dreyfus (born October 31, 1972 in Paris, France) is a French actress. (references) |
| Lee S. Dreyfus |
Lee Sherman Dreyfus (born June 20, 1926) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 40th governor of Wisconsin from July 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983. Dreyfus also served the State of Wisconsin as state superintendent of schools, member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Dreyfus was known for wearing a red vest while campaigning. (references) |
| Matthew Dreyfus |
Matthew Dreyfus was the brother of Alfred Dreyfus, the French Jewish officer wrongly convicted of spying. (references) |
| Others look into the Dreyfus Affair |
After Major Georges Picquart's exile to Tunisia others took up the cause of the Alfred Dreyfus. (references) |
| Picquart's Investigations of the Dreyfus Affair |
While Alfred Dreyfus was serving his sentence on Devil's Island back in France a number of people began to question his guilt. The most notable of these was Major Georges Picquart. (references) |
| René Dreyfus |
René Dreyfus (born May 6, 1905 - died August 16, 1993) was a French driver who raced automobiles for 14 years in the 1920s and 1930s, the Golden Era of Grand Prix motor racing. (references) |
| The Dreyfus Corporation |
Dreyfus Corporation is a leading mutual fund financial firm founded in 1951. It is an industry leader having been the first to advertise to consumers, and create a high yield fund. Though it has it's main office in New York City, it is a subsidiary of Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial. (references) |
| The public scandal of the Dreyfus Affair |
The general entrusted with the investigation concluded that there was no evidence against Esterhazy. However, Esterhazy was instructed to write a letter asking as a favor to be brought up for trial, the rough copy of which was corrected by Pellieux himself. General Saussier, governor of Paris, instituted a regular inquiry (Dec. 4). But the officer empowered to conduct it, Major Ravary, did so in the same spirit as Pellieux. Esterhazy's defence was to acknowledge his relations with Schwarzkoppen, giving them a purely social character. The "petit bleu" was, according to him, an absurd forgery, most likely the work of Picquart himself. He did not deny the striking resemblance between his writing and that of the bordereau, but explained it by alleging that Dreyfus must have imitated his handwriting to incriminate him. As for the documents enumerated in the bordereau, Esterhazy denied that he could possibly have known them, especially at the time to which they now had agreed to assign the bordereau (April, 1894). He had borrowed the "manuel de tir" from Lieutenant Bernheim of Le Mans, whom he had met at Rouen, but in the month of September; later on, he retracted and said, in agreement with Bernheim, that it was not the real manual, but a similar regulation already available in the bookstores. (references) |
| Trial and conviction of Dreyfus |
A law passed ad hoc had just instituted the Iles du Salut off French Guiana as the place of transportation for political crimes. This replaced the peninsula of Ducos (New Caledonia), where, it was said, supervision was difficult. It has been suggested that vengeance was being taken on Dreyfus for his obstinate refusal to confess. The notice drawn up by the War Office for the use of his guardians denounced him as "a hardened malefactor, quite unworthy of pity." This word to the wise was to be only too well understood and carried out. On the evening of Feb. 21, the unhappy man, taken hurriedly from his cell, was embarked on the Ville de St. Nazaire, which was to carry him across the Atlantic to a place of exile. (references) |
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