Cartoon about the denouement of the Dreyfusaffaire, Petrus van Geldorp, 1899 print The print probably refers to the confusing reporting of the French newspaper De Figaro about the Dreyfus case. The Jewish-French officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) was accused in 1894 of espionage for the German Empire and incorrectly convicted. Already in 1896 it was announced that Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923) was the actual perpetrator. Here he is presented by a woman with a torch and a representative of the newspaper. Until then, the French army had tried to keep the affair still and wanted Dreyfus
Cartoon about the denouement of the Dreyfusaffaire, Petrus van Geldorp, 1899 print The print probably refers to the confusing reporting of the French newspaper De Figaro about the Dreyfus case. The Jewish-French officer Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935) was accused in 1894 of espionage for the German Empire and incorrectly convicted. Already in 1896 it was announced that Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923) was the actual perpetrator. Here he is presented by a woman with a torch and a representative of the newspaper. Until then, the French army had tried to keep the affair still and wanted Dreyfus to pay for the crimes. You can see how they dive away and flee. Rotterdam paper political caricatures and satires. radiance emanating from persons or things. flight, running away; pursuing
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