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How 2 Jewish soldiers' court-martials put a spotlight on antisemitism and racism

  • Written by Jeannette Gabriel, Director, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageFrench officer Alfred Dreyfus spent five years as a prisoner on Devil's Island, off the coast of South America.Roger Viollet Collection via Getty Images

In October 2021, a new museum opened in Paris, dedicated to the famous “Dreyfus affair.”

Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish captain in the French army who was court-martialed and convicted of...

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