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Alfred Dreyfus

Alfred Dreyfus was a French-Jewish officer at the center of one of the most dramatic affairs of modern European history. Learn about Alfred Dreyfus and the Dreyfus Affair with primary sources and teaching resources from the collections of the National Library of Israel.

Primary Sources

Histoire d’un Innocent — The Story of an Innocent, 1898

Shana Tova, Alfred Dreyfus, 1901

Alfred Dreyfus’ Wedding, April 21, 1890

Photograph of Alfred Dreyfus’ Rehabilitation Ceremony, July 21, 1906

Madeleine Lévy, Dreyfus’ Granddaughter

Herzl, Zola, and Dreyfus

Pro-Dreyfus Postcard, Italy

Emile Zola, 1901

Newspaper Drawing, The Trap Set for Dreyfus, 1899

Article, J’accuse, Émile Zola, L’Aurore, January 13, 1898

Photograph of Alfred Dreyfus’ Second Trial, August 7, 1899

Histoire d’un Traitre — The Story of a Traitor, 1899

Alfred Dreyfus’ Degradation Ceremony, January 13, 1895

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