Alfred Dreyfus
Throughout Jewish history, there have been many events that have helped evolve the Jews as a nation. The exodus from Egypt, the destruction of the Temple, the Spanish Inquisition of 1492 and the Holocaust have all had profound effects on the Jews. One event which many people may not link which an advancement of Jewish history is the Dreyfus Affair of 1894. The Dreyfus Affair acted as a sort of watershed in Jewish history as many different thoughts, feelings and emotions were emitted from the Jews as well as for the Jews. From Alfred Dreyfus as an individual to the Affair itself, this long and unfortunate experience in essence opened the doors for a Jewish homeland. Alfred Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1859 in Mulhouse, Alsace to a family of Alsatian Jews. His family roots in Mulhouse and Alsace had been established for several centuries. His father Raphael Dreyfus had set up a small cotton mill, to which he soon added a textile factory. His business prospered enough to secure his family a more-than comfortable upbringing. Raphael married Jeanne Libmann and the couple had 13 children. Only seven of those children - four boys and three girls - survived infancy, and these seven grew up in a comfortable, respected lifestyle. The Dr
Commandant du Paty had Dreyfus write down the following dictation:Paris, October 15, 1894 Having the most serious reasons, Sir for temporarily retaking possession of the documents I had passed on to you before taking off on maneuvers, I beseech you to have them brought immediately to me by the bearer of the present letter, who is an individual to be trusted, I recall for your benefit that it is a matter of:1. A major innovator of these new feelings was Theodore Herzl. He remained this way until his death on July 12, 1935 at the age of 75 years. Dreyfus lived in peace and quiet, slowly but surely recovering from the five years he spent in detention on Devil's Island. They wanted, and got a second revision - a third trial. At this time, Alfred was excelling even better than he thought he would in the Army and was appointed to the General Staff in the French Army. During her time at the embassy, she emptied wastebaskets filled with love letters, useless scraps of paper and at times some secret, essential documents that German officials carelessly threw out, and then transferred them to the French Intelligence Service. This wasn't enough for Dreyfus and his camp. The Affair, as Reberioux Madelaine writes, "dechaine, divise, dechire la France entiere et la Republique naissante" - it tore apart the French way of looking at things. As a result, the Jewish Zionist movement was founded with Herzl being recognized as its founder. This time, however, instead of the verdict being unanimous, the verdict was almost split. As a result, Dreyfus had a trial, and was convicted of treason. determined his military destiny" (Bredin 12). According to his son Pierre, Alfred chose to become an officer because it would have Fulfilled a "childhood pledge".
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