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Dreyfus Affair

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A notorious political scandal in France in 1894 involving Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain falsely accused of treason. The handling of the affair exposed anti-Semitism and highlighted the tension between French republican ideals of individual rights and nationalist sentiments.

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A notorious political scandal in France in 1894 involving Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army captain falsely accused of treason. The handling of the affair exposed anti-Semitism and highlighted the tension between French republican ideals of individual rights and nationalist sentiments.