In November 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish army officer, was falsely convicted of treason and sentenced to transportation and solitary confinement. Now new evidence favourable to his case comes to light, revealing that the crime of revealing national secrets to the German embassy was actually committed by a French army officer Ferdinand Esterhazy, but this evidence is suppressed and Esterhazy is acquitted.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "New evidence favourable to Dreyfus is suppressed in France". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19186, accessed 06 May 2024.]
