1894 ⟶ Dreyfus Affair Highlights Anti-Semitism in Western Europe

The Dreyfus affair makes the problem of antisemitism promine...
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🚨 Dreyfus Affair Highlights Anti-Semitism in Western Europe

The Dreyfus affair makes the problem of Antisemitism prominent in Western Europe.⟶
Dreyfus Affair Highlights Anti-Semitism in Western Europe (1894)
Anti-SemitismDreyfus AffairFranceJewish PersecutionInjusticePolitical ScandalJewish IdentityHerzl
FranceFrance

✍️ Herzl Writes 'Der Judenstaat' After Witnessing Anti-Semitism

After covering the trial and aftermath of Captain Dreyfus and witnessing the associated mass anti-semitic rallies in Paris, which included chants, "Death to Jews", Jewish-Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl writes Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) advocating the creation of a Jewish state.⟶
Herzl Writes 'Der Judenstaat' After Witnessing Anti-Semitism (1896)
ZionismHerzlDer JudenstaatAnti-SemitismJewish StatePolitical TheoryJewish NationalismDreyfus Affair
AustriaAustria

✍️ Émile Zola Exposes the Dreyfus Affair

The French writer Émile Zola exposed the Dreyfus affair to the general public in a famously incendiary open letter to President Félix Faure to which the French journalist and politician Georges Clemenceau affixed the headline "J'accuse!" (I accuse!). Zola's world fame and internationally respected reputation brought international attention to Dreyfus' unjust treatment.⟶
Émile Zola Exposes the Dreyfus Affair (1898)
Dreyfus AffairAnti-SemitismÉmile ZolaFranceInjusticePolitical ScandalJewish Persecution19th Century
FranceFrance