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Course Description


Instructors: Bert and Jill Parks

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French Army, was accused of being a spy for Germany. Although the charges were fabricated, Dreyfus was convicted and imprisoned for 10 years. This dramatic case polarized the French and inflamed passion, range, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. Only when Emile Zola wrote J’Accuse did the tide begin to turn in Dreyfus’ favor. The hateful, explosive, anti-Semitism of most of the French during the Dreyfus Affair left Theodore Herzel to despair of Jews ever finding a homeland in European countries, despite their attempt to assimilate. This fact became the impetus for State of Israel.We will read The Affair - The Case of Alfred Dreyfus (Bredin) to understand this vivid and fascinating slice of history that foreshadowed the beginning of the Holocaust.
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