Dozens of newspaper front-pages and clippings of articles dealing with the Dreyfus Affair, comprising a most important knowledge base for understanding the period. Contains large caricatures.
The collection contains: many issues of the newspaper La Libre Parole (The Free Word), Édouard Drumont’s anti-Semitic newspaper, which was the newspaper that published the affair for the first time and flamed it over time. Also contains many issues referring the the involvement of the well-known author Émile Zola.
Among the newspapers:
La France Libre Un Attentat Anarchiste La Libre Parole L’Intransigeant L’Express L’Aurore Le Petit Parisien
The Dreyfus Affair was a French antisemitic libel which agitated Europe and the world, in which a Jewish officer in the French army stood trial for treason for handing over documents to Germany. During the trial, fraudulent classified documents were presented which allegedly proved his guilt. Due to public pressure, a retrial was held in 1899, in which the officer was also found guilty and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. He was pardoned by the president and was acquitted from all charges in 1906.
[80] pages, 40 cm.
Moderate-fine overall condition. Most of the newspapers are folded into 4 (in order to fit into the binder). Tiny tears, mainly to the margins of the leaves without substantial damage to text. Detached binding with light wear.