![]() ![]() He is sometimes called The Whistleblower because it was he who exposed the truth of Esterhazy being the real culprit, to not only his superiors but to others who were willing to help free Dreyfus. He discovered that Esterhazy was the author of The Bordereau, thus the spy and that there was no incriminating evidence against Dreyfus. His investigations into the identity of the real spy, and the freedom of Dreyfus were often thwarted by Major Henry, yet despite the interference, Picquart still arrived at the truth. Upon further investigation he found that this was not so. He died the day President Loubet granted Dreyfus the presidential pardon.Ĭolonel Georges Piquart -He was a model officer in the French army who first believed Dreyfus to be guilty. He was responsible in convincing Emile Zola of Dreyfus's innocence and enlisting him to the cause and the writing of J'accuse. He urged for a judicial review of the Paris court martial of Dreyfus from the army. He took a public stand proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence which ended up hurting him later politically. He was a strong supporter of the Republic. He also wrote about his recollection of the affair in a book entitled L' Affaire telle que je l'avi v'ecue (The Affair As I Lived It).Īuguste Scheurer-Kestner - A big name in French Politics at the time, he was made a Senator for life and was Vice President of the Senate at the time of the Affair. Once his brother was free he resumed working in the family business. He was one of the three along with George Picquart and Emile Zola in sharing the credit to obtain his brothers freedom. He also took care of Alfred's wife and children while he was imprisoned. He left the management of the Dreyfus family business to his two older brothers so he could work full time on freeing their youngest brother. Mathieu Dreyfus - He was the brother of Alfred. She railed hard to get her husband retried and to free him at any cost. She was extremely loyal and faithful to him writing him letters the whole time he was imprisoned to keep his morale up. Lucie campaigned strenuously for the release of her husband. Lucie Dreyfus - She was the wife of Alfred Dreyfus. They were married on April 21,1890. ![]() Seven years later Captain Dreyfus was exonerated of the whole entire affair. ![]() Nevertheless the outcry against Alfred's guilty conviction was so great that he was eventually pardoned by French President Loubet soon after the trial, because the President feared that riots would break out in the streets over the verdict. They knew that the Captain was set up by his superiors,who planted and doctored fake evidence against him, but it did not seem to matter to them. The military court had evidence of his innocence yet they ignored it. The re-trial went forward and he was found guilty even thought he was completely innocent. Further disproving the claim that his handwriting was a match from the first letter which they claimed he wrote and the second one which was written while he was incarcerated. This led to Dreyfus's re-trial because it was highly unlikely he could have written the second letter while being imprisoned with a twenty four hour guard. While he was imprisoned another letter of the spy's was discovered and publicized by Picquart. He was then courtĬourt martialed, and sentenced to prison on Devil's Island. He was unfairly found guilty of the heinous offense against France. Based on this suspicion and an unfair trial where false evidence was used to convict him. He was unknowingly accused of spying and selling French military secrets to the Germans by way of a document known as The Bordereau. He was a rich Jewish captain serving in the French Military. ![]()
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