Sponsored by Gevarim

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French military, was falsely accused of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island. Over the next five years, his case divided France and riveted the world.

Recorded at the Center for Jewish History in September 2024, Maurice Samuels, Director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism and author of Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair (Yale Jewish Lives), explored the ins and outs of the affair, focusing on the Jewish dimension of the case and especially on the questions of antisemitism:

• What were the causes of antisemitism in fin-de-siècle France?
• What role did antisemitism play in the legal case against Dreyfus and in the affair that followed?
• How did Jewish communities around the world respond to the crisis?
• What lessons can we draw for our current moment?

For more information about this event or about Gevarim, contact Andrew Reamer.

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