Dreyfus Affair Flashcards
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What was the background of the Dreyfus Affair?
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In 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French army officer, was accused of selling military secrets to Germany. Dreyfus was convicted of treason and send it to life imprisonment on devils Island.
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Remember the key developments
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Remember the key developments
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What was the impact of the Dreyfus affair?
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Expose the anti-sepnitism in French society and institutions, divided France between dreyfusards and anti-dreyfusards, lead to the separation of church and state in France, strengthen Republican values in France, inspired Theodore hertzl to devote political Zionism
