Head of a Woman
with a Hat -Amedo Modigalini Painting
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Dreyfus was a captain in the French army and his family owned cotton mills.
His only fault was that he was an honest Jew. Many superior officers were
jealous of his straightforwardness and happy life. In September 1894,
when he was a captain in the army, he was falsely charged by another Army
officer named Henry with delivering secret papers to Prussia (Germany).
He was courtmartialled, dismissed and transported to Devil’s Island
prison for life. The storm of protest started by his wife and family,
whipped up a period of pro-Jewish and anti-Jewish rivalry lasting several
years. The cursive writing found in papers was more or less similar to
Dreyfus which put him on charges of treason and sedition. The anti-Jew
Press spread rumours and created an inimical atmosphere for him.
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