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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Dreyfus Affair exposed by Emile Zola

In the late 1800s in France, Jewish artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of treason based on false government documents, and sentenced to life in prison. The French government did attempt to cover this up, but Dreyfus was eventually pardoned after the affair was made public thanks to Émile Zola.

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