The Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus Affair
It all started on October 15th 1894 when a French army captain named Alfred Dreyfus (1858-1935), was arrested for high treason. He was found guilty by some secret military trial and on January the 5th 1895, he was sent to Devil's Island (where they send all the criminals). At Devil's Island a small piece of blue paper was found by the cleaning lady in Dreyfus' room. She saw that the piece of paper was about the Germans having information on the French army. So, she soon tells the army, and they get a handwriting expert to find out who wrote this. While Dreyfus was on Devil's Island his wealthy family was using all their money to try and get him off the island. But, it was impossible, Dreyfus had been set up. He was a French Jewish Republican and no one was going to believe that he hadn't written that note.
But, in 1896, there is a new chief. His name was George Picquart. Piquart couldn't care less about Dreyfus and tells everybody that Dreyfus is......
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