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The Frame-Up: Dreyfus Accused:
A scapegoat, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, an Alsatian Jew and the first Jewish Officer on the French general staff, was accused of being a German espionage agent after a trap was set for him at the Ministry of War. Dreyfus was asked to take dictation with wording similar to the intercepted letter and was immediately arrested for treason and imprisoned. The intercepted letter (the "Bordereau") was submitted to a handwriting expert who expressed doubt that Dreyfus wrote it. Three other "experts," collaborating with the Ministry of war, insisted that he did. |