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Alfred Dreyfus: A Miscarriage of Justice 

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On the 5th of January, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus would be stripped of his rank and freedom in front of a crowd of Parisians before being deported. His crime - treason. However, his supporters believed him to be innocent, and the discovery of the real traitor resulted in what would become known as The Dreyfus Affair - one of the world's most infamous miscarriages of justice.
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Комментарии : 313   
@jakesymes7427
@jakesymes7427 2 года назад
What a man honestly. To be wrongfully accused by his country and vilified he still had the love and conviction to serve the country that wronged him with honour. Absolute legend
@juliadagnall5816
@juliadagnall5816 2 года назад
I remember reading about this and when I got to the part about the military protecting the actual spy to cover up that they’d cheerfully prosecuted the wrong man I had to stop and go AHHHHH! for a while. There’s incompetence, there’s stupidity, there’s malice, and then there’s whatever special level of crazy it took for this to happen. Yikes
@rafisanders
@rafisanders 2 года назад
Man ended up fighting in WW1 as a grunt soldier. That's a man of the upmost character
@Soul93Taker
@Soul93Taker 2 года назад
Lvl 1 grunt vs lvl 100 general
@RegrettablyLongwinded
@RegrettablyLongwinded 2 года назад
Utmost, but yes! Hell of a thing to do.
@dannyarcher438
@dannyarcher438 2 года назад
No, As a reserve officer, he re-entered the army as a major of artillery at the outbreak of World War I (at the age of 48). Serving throughout the war, Dreyfus was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honour in November 1918 (the highest French order of merit, both military and civil). The man was a legend. after 4 years of false imprisonment, he still went to fight for France, a true patriot. BTW Dreyfus's son Pierre also served throughout the entire war (WW1) as an artillery officer, receiving the Croix de guerre.
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
If your country does this to you, is it like the Stockholm Syndrome to want to serve the Military that degraded you?
@believeinmatter
@believeinmatter 2 года назад
After all that, he still had pride for his country. Thats pretty telling of his immense character
@qui-si-sana
@qui-si-sana 2 года назад
Very good Simon ..I grew up in a military family in Malta .. all my elders from Colonel to Captain insisted that I read the Dreyfus Affair. Which I did . It struck me down then, and still does to this day . It's no cliche to state that the Dreyfus Affair still reverberates to this very day
@oxylepy2
@oxylepy2 2 года назад
The handwriting expert testified that Dreyfus had learned to forge HIS OWN handwriting. You can't make this bs up. That is INSANE
@jeffduncan9140
@jeffduncan9140 2 года назад
yeah, whatever "jury" signed off on that one was bought for sure.
@stephenbaker9645
@stephenbaker9645 Год назад
You're right. How can Mr. Dreyfuss be perfectly capable of forging his own signature is completely illogical. It doesn't make sense.
@rickynotricardo6328
@rickynotricardo6328 2 года назад
Injustices occur all the time but man this one hit different. I’m glad that history was ultimately on his side, though it doesn’t feel anywhere near enough of a recompense. I would’ve probably have never heard about this unless I took a specific course OR if I wasn’t subscribed to this channel! Thanks again Simon and the rest of the crew!
@MK-hh1vo
@MK-hh1vo 2 года назад
There's a famous movie about this - I Accuse 1958 starring Jose Ferrer. That's how I heard of this.
@kaarlimakela3413
@kaarlimakela3413 2 года назад
The actor Richard Dreyfuss produced a sort of docu ... They're related, so he has a POV.
@chasehedges6775
@chasehedges6775 2 года назад
Biographics is one of the best things to ever watch and I love their content
@abaddonfrazier4772
@abaddonfrazier4772 2 года назад
But have you seen “decoding the Unknown” or “casual criminalist” the podcasts where he acts like himself when he reads thr scripts make it even better fact boy content 🤣
@paulduff479
@paulduff479 2 года назад
Thank you for this. Always wanted to know his story. May he now rest in peace.
@613aristocrat
@613aristocrat 2 года назад
The follow up to this has to be Theodore Herzl. He was really inspired by this affair. He is always the next person talked about in Jewish history courses.
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
Yea, but I would be surprised if Simon does a Bio on Theodore Herzl. That is my sense about Simon.
@samuelstephen8147
@samuelstephen8147 2 года назад
@@dovbarleib3256 Why?
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 года назад
I'm surprised Simon hasn't covered him yet.
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
Ok, here is the bombshell. I am not surprised. Simon is busy covering the previous set of lies against Jews in the 19th Century, but the ones in the 20th Century in particular against Israel and Zionism, he believes, like a lot of English, Irish, and Scots believe. It is easy to expose and debunk the previous set of lies to demonize Jews, the ones that many believed 120 years ago. It is quite another expectation to bravely debunk the modern existing lies, the ones that are being used today to shed Jewish blood. The test is harder because G-d is only testing our decency on our acceptance of today's lies, not yesteryear's lies. So from Hertzl on down, I expect nothing objective on this channel dealing with Zionism or the State of Israel for the above reason.
@dylanwhodiesalot5690
@dylanwhodiesalot5690 2 года назад
@@samuelstephen8147 because he thinks Jews went to israel in 1948 only because of the Shoah. He doesn’t have a perspective based in historical fact when it comes to israel and Zionism
@Replicaate
@Replicaate 2 года назад
I remember learning of the Dreyfus affair for the first time in an art history book I had as a teen. It mentioned briefly in a chapter about the Art Nouveau movement how a number of prominent French artists (most notably the glass designer Emile Galle, who was second only to Tiffany at the time for fame and prestige) were pro-exoneration for Dreyfus, and their businesses suffered quite a lot for this stance. It really rammed home how deeply the poor man's case divided French society. As far as I can tell about Dreyfus himself from my own research, he sounds like he was a bit of an unlikeable stiff. But there's no law against being so and even if there was, it wouldn't be on the same tier as treason. It's absolutely hideous what happened to him, even over a century later.
@yehoshuadalven
@yehoshuadalven 2 года назад
A bit of an unlikeable stiff? That's about the best definition of any French guy I've ever met... If you needed any other proof he was a French patriot, you just got one more in your hands.
@Replicaate
@Replicaate 2 года назад
@@yehoshuadalven I've got some VERY French relatives from the region Dreyfus was from and yeah, they really do be that way. Have my like, good sir; you made me giggle and reminded me to give them a call today.
@yehoshuadalven
@yehoshuadalven 2 года назад
@@Replicaate your giggle is my pleasure LOL I'm sure my French sister in law will giggle with agreement.
@m1lst3r89
@m1lst3r89 2 года назад
@@yehoshuadalven lmao man... Speaking of, French can be great friends.
@guylaub8505
@guylaub8505 2 года назад
Very interesting, really liked it. I would love to see a video about Yitzhak Rabin, I hope you do one soon.
@philly83
@philly83 2 года назад
Thank you for covering this.
@russellfitzpatrick503
@russellfitzpatrick503 2 года назад
Beautiful and restrained. A most tragic and infuriating story that should have been stoppd long before it was, and only continued because of the childishness of the 'old guard' in the Armee. I read of the story while reading the biography of Zola, and was facinated at the fanaticism on both sides in the affair - how Zola was forced to flee to England and how the Dreufussards were vilified by sections of the press (indeed, one of your previous videos, mentioned that one of the anti-Dreyfus newspapers was influential in the start of the Tour de France ... look it up)
@madgavin7568
@madgavin7568 Год назад
Not just childishness, downright stubborn ego.
@jamesmartin6050
@jamesmartin6050 2 года назад
Future Video suggestion - Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.
@Nerdznewznow
@Nerdznewznow 2 года назад
The long whore also robbed our country blind.
@jaydentate6080
@jaydentate6080 2 года назад
He was a terrorist
@panoramicLight
@panoramicLight 17 дней назад
And a grievous machiavellian traitor to boot.
@joeyr7294
@joeyr7294 2 года назад
Simon you legend! I love when you post on the older channels (I do love the newer channels as well though) it takes me back to when I first found your channel and you weren't beard blazing yet
@eldridgedavis
@eldridgedavis 2 года назад
That is so unfortunate that that happened to him. There is no justice in this world. Poor guy 😔
@jeffashley5512
@jeffashley5512 2 года назад
I remember studying the Dreyfus Affair in my high school and the watching The Life of Emile Zola 1937 with Paul Muni (who also was in The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936). Great movies.
@jmanj3917
@jmanj3917 2 года назад
Wow, that Picard guy really had some stones on him, to go against the General Staff like he did. Good for him!
@michaelbatson1879
@michaelbatson1879 2 года назад
If you are interested, here are 3 books I own about the Dreyfus Affair: 1. Prisoners of Honor The Dreyfus Affair by David Levering Lewis 2. The Affair: The case of Alfred Dreyfus by Jean-Denis Bredin 3. The Dreyfus Trials by Guy Chapman
@TM-yn4iu
@TM-yn4iu 2 года назад
Much appreciated, always interested in history - opinions. Thanks
@Bellerophon17
@Bellerophon17 2 года назад
I found that one to be... strangely emotive. I remember covering it (well, 2 lines about it) in school but I didn't realise that the injustice was only righted so so belatedly. I'd like to suggest a video on Michael Collins, who died 100 years ago, this week. Or even a video about him vs Eamon De Valera - two men with the same goals (Ireland's independence) but of very very different characters, methods and ends.
@WarrenOKeefe
@WarrenOKeefe 2 года назад
Check out the Irish Independence videos on the Warographics channel for some of Simon's excellent content on this
@ShmuelMe
@ShmuelMe 2 года назад
The Dreyfus case directly led to the creation of the country of Israel. A Jewish journalist covering the case realized that without a country this is what would happen to the Jewish people. And then this journalist(Benjamin Hertzl) started campaigning for a Jewish state and eventually led to the creation of Israel(even though he died before the country was independent).
@markhough1027
@markhough1027 2 года назад
Great vid as always. Could you do Michael Collins (Irish leader in Irish war of independence and Irish civil war) he was assassinated 100 years ago this year
@jarret45
@jarret45 2 года назад
Good idea, guv.
@masteroftides7254
@masteroftides7254 2 года назад
Yes! This would be a fantastic biographic to do! He is such an interesting figure head in irish history and he eventually got Irelands independence from Britain as well!
@TWDenizen7240
@TWDenizen7240 2 года назад
Since you did Dreyfus, I guess it's only a matter of time until you'd do Emile Zola? I sure hope so. Great video as always!
@maryscott9430
@maryscott9430 2 года назад
Damn. This is heartbreaking and really makes me angry!
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 2 года назад
1:40 - Chapter 1 - Secrets & lies , traitors & spies 3:55 - Chapter 2 - Dishonor 6:35 - Chapter 3 - The fight begins 9:00 - Chapter 4 - J'accuse ! 11:25 - Chapter 5 - The breaking point 13:55 - Chapter 6 - National Shame 17:35 - Chapter 7 - Rehabilitation & legacy - Chapter 8 - PS: Do i smell a Casual Criminalist on the makings ?
@tonibarrone854
@tonibarrone854 2 года назад
Great bio,! The past was the worst. He is ancestor of American actor Richard Dreyfuss
@8rickey
@8rickey 2 года назад
Zola should get his own Biographics treatment!
@semiretired86
@semiretired86 2 года назад
they basically threw Dreyfuss under the bus from the start the army knew that they had apotentially damming casethey needed a patsy
@tabulldog2743
@tabulldog2743 2 года назад
God, there were so many bastards involved in this. Glad it ended okay for the guy.
@MrGouldilocks
@MrGouldilocks 2 года назад
He wasn't executed, which is good I guess. But I definitely wouldn't say it ended okay for him.
@travisnye3532
@travisnye3532 2 года назад
Needed this one Simon! Thank you
@AngeliqueStP
@AngeliqueStP 2 года назад
Bertillon was the one who insisted the handwriting belonged to Dreyfus, even though he wasn't even an expert in comparative handwriting - but his immense status as the French 'Father of Forensic Science' meant his word held huge sway. He died still insisting the writing was Dreyfus'. [edit] An episode covering Bertillon would be most appreciated!]
@robertalpy9422
@robertalpy9422 2 года назад
The Actor Richard Dreyfus is descended from Alfred. They look alot alike. It must still be a bitter pill in the family because I only recall him talking about it once and he seemed unhappy to be asked about it. Understandable. If a movie were ever made on The Affair, he ××w be perfect for the role. It probably brings up too much pain for him to ever accept the role.
@rami_ungar_writer
@rami_ungar_writer 2 года назад
This case is a grim reminder to Jews everywhere about how we're never fully members of any country that we call home. At any time, our nation could turn against us.
@bogdanmihai7795
@bogdanmihai7795 2 года назад
Alfred Dreyfus was definently a gigachad
@sarahnicole45
@sarahnicole45 2 года назад
Thank you for this, Simon! I'll be using this lovely and simply put video as a resource to teach about the ills of antisemitism and how it affects the Jewish population and has affected us in history.
@LuisR-23
@LuisR-23 2 года назад
Free palestine
@sarahnicole45
@sarahnicole45 2 года назад
@@LuisR-23 awh, you think you're an edgy keyboard warrior, don't you, kiddo?
@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356
@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 2 года назад
@@LuisR-23 loser
@Talisguy
@Talisguy 2 года назад
@@LuisR-23 "Antisemitism has fucked over Jewish people for millennia and that antisemitism runs *deep*" does not mean "and therefore I agree with everything Israel has ever done." It's disingenuous to pretend otherwise.
@m1lst3r89
@m1lst3r89 2 года назад
They need to be banished from our societies. What ills you find in antisemitism?
@believeinmatter
@believeinmatter 2 года назад
This reminds me of Desmond Doss, a Solider who was repeatedly punished for literally doing nothing, but wanting to serve his country.
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 года назад
what was his crime?
@captaindouchebag1703
@captaindouchebag1703 2 года назад
'The Movie "Hacksaw Ridge" was about him. Worth seeing.
@Nipplator99999999999
@Nipplator99999999999 2 года назад
I was only an NCO, but I had to get a sword for a stupid detail I was volunteered for. One day my girlfriend was mad at me and was studying for a degree in military history. So in her head breaking my sword would be the worst possible thing to do to me. Long story short, I had to take her to the ER for staples and emergency tendon repair surgery the next day... After she was healing well and going to make a full recovery, I looked her in the eyes asked her why she picked the $500 dress sabre when my $5000 custom Remington rifle was right above it. So, she wanted to hurt my pride was her response. Before my brain caught up, I said "well my car is in the garage". A year later she totaled my Impala SS driving into a granite block wall. I still have that damn sword.
@tinkerstrade3553
@tinkerstrade3553 2 года назад
The burning question is, do you still have her? Or is that another broken piece of life?
@oceanberserker
@oceanberserker 2 года назад
Jesus. Hope you dropped the crazy female dog like a bad habit after that.
@Nipplator99999999999
@Nipplator99999999999 2 года назад
@@oceanberserker I didn't have to, she realized that I never told her a lie, especially when I told her that she could do whatever made her happy as long as she doesn't hurt my dogs, car, or family. I guess I sounded like I was going to break her when she tried calling me to apologize like she forgot to call and let me know she was going out with her friends. My deployment orders were up in 3 days. She abandoned most of her stuff, and moved in with family in Ohio from NC and never got within my sight since 15 years ago. I lost the love of my life... I just spent my bonus installing a dual rotor supercharger on my leave and only had a brief night out with her but it was true love.
@oceanberserker
@oceanberserker 2 года назад
@@Nipplator99999999999 My guy, I don't wanna sound denigrating or anything, but if she left you, in spite of everything, I can safely presume the feeling was entirely one sided on your part.
@Nipplator99999999999
@Nipplator99999999999 2 года назад
@@tinkerstrade3553 no the impound and storage fee was too much for 2 N²O bottles, a fuel cell, and rear axle. The block was cracked and transmission ate the driveshaft as the frame buckled. She even burned my milestones album.
@musiclover01ization
@musiclover01ization 2 года назад
Poor Dreyfus. He didn't deserve what happened to him.
@welwynmanager323
@welwynmanager323 2 года назад
I am from Nigeria and even I read about this issue and how it inspired Zionism... Another great video from Bio. Welldone
@Kari.F.
@Kari.F. 2 года назад
Forge his own handwriting? Okay, then... That has to be the most idiotic accusation I have ever heard!
@markusklein1029
@markusklein1029 Год назад
What's disconcerting about this story is how even the French minister of defence was prepared to sacrifice more than one innocent man's life, just to cover up that he had pushed for the prosecution of the wrong man.
@josephkmeyer5178
@josephkmeyer5178 2 года назад
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
@Sara3346
@Sara3346 2 года назад
RU-vid really is deleting comments here aren't they?
@josephkmeyer5178
@josephkmeyer5178 2 года назад
@@Sara3346 I think so, you’re the only comment I can see lol
@changeshifter4852
@changeshifter4852 2 года назад
@@Sara3346 Yes 😡
@enats2693
@enats2693 2 года назад
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I asked and you delivered. Thank you. Better than my university lecture.
@discoveralia
@discoveralia 2 года назад
Really well explained. I enquired about this many times while living in Francd and never got such a clear explanation. Thanks.
@valmid5069
@valmid5069 Год назад
*Military injustice such as this case sound remarkably similar to Korean Admiral Yi and American once-been segregated military. It is also unfortunate that one of Dreyfus family members perished in the Holocaust as well*
@richierich440007
@richierich440007 2 года назад
I just adore this exceptional channel and the ultra brilliant narrator of them all. I learnt pretty much all the pertinent details I hadn’t to date on this extremely damaging story and continuous twists and turns to the Commandant Alfred Dreyfus who in the process became the national hero he always was. Incredibly well presented and explained. Thank you Biographics.
@darcychu9652
@darcychu9652 2 года назад
The famous "J'accuse" by Poet Zola!
@lesliegordon2313
@lesliegordon2313 2 года назад
As usual, Simon, an excellent presentation. You could talk about house bricks and I'd be riveted. Thank you.
@SARAHBEGAN1
@SARAHBEGAN1 2 года назад
That was horrible and fascinating. Thanks!
@TheLoneTerran
@TheLoneTerran 2 года назад
I remember learning about this in history class in high school. Prolly back in the early 2000s, ya kind of just wanted to shake the stubborn asses yelling "Just admit you made a mistake! Everyone makes mistakes!". Like, come the hell on, if you dig in your heals and lose, you'll be crucified as a villain and rightly so. The alternative? Embarrassment. It stings, one this large probably for a long time, but I guarantee there would have been people who were a tad more willing to forgive since, you know, honor. Is it not more honorable to admit a mistake than to try and deny reality? Ffs, bring him back, give him the rank he would have had, put him on a healthy pension, and let him live out his life in at least some relative luxury. Especially today, it wouldn't've been seen as much as an embarrassment had they just made best on doing the correct thing. Shorter, cheaper, and looked upon and remembered more fondly than being a damned cartoonishly evil villain. Dumbasses.
@jeffduncan9140
@jeffduncan9140 2 года назад
if it meant being able to sleep and look myself in the face without being disgusted, I could live with the embarrassment of admitting that I'd prosecuted the wrong person and set him free with his name restored.
@Sara3346
@Sara3346 2 года назад
@@jeffduncan9140 Ahh, but your probably not an antisemite. I'm pretty sure they're thinking for at least some of these military folks was that if hadn't been a spy directly then he must have still been plotting against them in some other way.
@jeffduncan9140
@jeffduncan9140 2 года назад
@@Sara3346 too true
@treydodson4726
@treydodson4726 2 года назад
My college introduction seminar was The Dreyfus Affair. The professor had a field day explaining Felix Faure died mid-sex with a mistress and gave the opportunity of sacrificing the Jewish Dreyfus to be cleared.
@dsnodgrass4843
@dsnodgrass4843 2 года назад
The essay Emile Zola wrote about this, "J' accuse!", was his finest hour as a writer. Too bad it did him no good, at least in his lifetime.
@Grim_Sister
@Grim_Sister Месяц назад
The man that reminded us that no matter how hard we try, we must never forget who we are. Because you will remind us. And you will not be kind about it
@pablos.5270
@pablos.5270 2 года назад
Aw wasn’t able to be first. Also could you make a video on Alfred the great?
@YaakovEzraAmiChi
@YaakovEzraAmiChi 2 года назад
Insane that the "Honor of the Army" hanged on conviction of a single Jewish officer. Insane
@BigKeith510
@BigKeith510 2 года назад
It's amazing how others put their well being at risk to do what's right.
@dimitrissigalos1950
@dimitrissigalos1950 2 года назад
It was a battle for France’s soul. The Dreyfus affair was a total embarrassment for the country and exposed structural deficiencies of the country. But despite all of that there were those who fought back and brought these issues to light. This was not the case in many countries in Europe. For all its flaws the French political and social system of the time was able to face these elements and put them aside and for that it deserves credit.
@MarkBridger-u9b
@MarkBridger-u9b 3 месяца назад
Well narrated...excellent.!
@Spetia
@Spetia 2 года назад
They really loved giant bushy mustaches back then didn't they
@paulnolan4971
@paulnolan4971 2 года назад
I think moustache rides were extremely popular 🤣
@eldridgedavis
@eldridgedavis 2 года назад
Bushy mustaches and beards was the mark of a gentleman.
@hughjass1044
@hughjass1044 2 года назад
Thanks, Simon. My first time hearing the whole story.
@martinedingivan
@martinedingivan 2 года назад
Loving all different content I first found casual criminalist the decoding the unknown then top ten now this one love all the contents on all these channels top marks from me😁👍
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 года назад
You found 4. Cool. Only 10 more to find. 😆
@martinedingivan
@martinedingivan 2 года назад
@@sandybarnes887 really wat are they🤣🤣🤣🤣
@sandybarnes887
@sandybarnes887 2 года назад
@@martinedingivan check the video description for a list. Most of them should be there
@alg11297
@alg11297 2 года назад
Dreyfus was never declared innocent. Should you visit Paris, ask where the statute honoring Dreyfus is located. Due to protests it was relocated again and again and is now in the back part of an obscure park that you can only find if you know where it is. The case however, was important in that a reporter for a newspaper Theodore Herzl understood that Jews were not safe anywhere but their own country. He developed the idea of Zionism which eventually led to creation of the State of Israel.
@m1lst3r89
@m1lst3r89 2 года назад
They all should return to Israel.
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 года назад
I feel sorry for the guy
@margiesoapyhairbillian4754
@margiesoapyhairbillian4754 Год назад
I feel SORRY for the country. It has no soul. It it to be a religious country? When a county shows you who they are - believed them.
@mzple
@mzple Год назад
If Arabs want to blame Zionism on anyone it should be Christian Europeans who refused to allow us to assimilate no matter how hard we tried.
@anneceferron4595
@anneceferron4595 2 года назад
I grew up in Rennes, Brittany, France , where his second trial was held. He is part of the history of our town
@Intreductor
@Intreductor 2 года назад
Suggestion for video: August von Mackensen. A man that saw 5 Germanies from Prussia through German Empire, Weimar Republic, 3rd Reich and occupied Germany. A Field Marshal who passed away at the age of 95 near the end of 1945.
@MBHenriksen
@MBHenriksen 2 года назад
Your claim that Jews were prosecuted in imperial Germany in the 18 hundreds is completely wrong. They were full citizens and had important positions in science, business, art etc. Antisemitism was much stronger in France. While there was some antisemitism in all European societies, it was quite weak in Germany at that time. It was stronger in Austria, but really surfaced only in the troubles post WW1 and driven by economic problems and the far right.
@Danheron2
@Danheron2 2 года назад
Not entirely true, there was several strong antisemtic politicians in Germany on the left and right, and several antsemtic scandals in the late 18th and early 19 hundreds, non as big as this of course, like there was a large scale smear campaign against a Jewish lead arms company for allegedly selling The German Army bad rifles until they had to change their name to distance themselves from it, Led by a man who was later elected into parliament, and during World War I there was something called the Jewish census to try to prove Jews weren’t joining the army or fighting on the front lines, Although it wasn’t as bad as he states in this video it was definitely there
@mzple
@mzple Год назад
This is true. I am Jewish American myself, my family has been in the US since the late 1870s. Prior to the US joining WW1 most US Jews supported the central powers because they viewed the tsarist Russians as the primary oppressors of the Jews. For good reason if you know anything about the pograms.
@aj1460
@aj1460 2 года назад
Your content is great! Have you considered making one on Alan Turing?
@kd3283
@kd3283 2 года назад
He’s already done one it’s called “The Enigma”
@aj1460
@aj1460 2 года назад
@@kd3283 thanks! I guess I missed it!
@littlebootsxxiv6871
@littlebootsxxiv6871 2 года назад
Fascinating story very well told (as usual). The video editing seemed a bit jerky to me; not up to the usual level.
@matszz
@matszz 2 года назад
What a pitiful world we live in where the right wing is acting the same foul mannered way today as then.
@Mulambdaline1
@Mulambdaline1 2 года назад
That’s so sad, can’t believe this happened to him. He was a good man, don’t blame him at all for accepting the pardon.
@sieteloko3662
@sieteloko3662 2 года назад
Do a video of the Quakers in America
@DiracComb.7585
@DiracComb.7585 2 года назад
I’m not really sure this video can be called Alfred Dreyfus. Is there no information on Dreyfus’ earlier life, because most of this video was just on the affair itself, not on Alfred Dreyfus himself, and who he was as a person.
@eastvandb
@eastvandb 2 года назад
It's called 'Alfred Dreyfus: A Miscarriage of Justice'. That makes it pretty clear what the focus is.
@DJJinxC2006
@DJJinxC2006 2 года назад
Great vlog, as always, oh I don't know if I already told you, but you look like a younger version (from what I remember of him) of my headmaster, same accent as well lol
@padawanmage71
@padawanmage71 2 года назад
He loved his country, even when so many in that country wanted nothing to do with him….
@samuelademeso9041
@samuelademeso9041 Год назад
Some countries do not deserve honest and upstanding men such as him.
@samuelademeso9041
@samuelademeso9041 Год назад
Some countries do not deserve honest and upstanding men such as him.
@toonlink1723
@toonlink1723 2 года назад
Please may we have a video about Gorbachev. He’s just died. You can argue till the end of time if he was a good leader or not, but he was someone who just wanted peace. He didn’t want countries to just destroy each other have have an iron first of each other, and he genuinely believed in communism too… rest in peace 2022
@chrissmith1094
@chrissmith1094 2 года назад
"J’accuse" by Émile Zola was a must read in my french classes, plus in history class back then (Germany) and je ne regrette rien! ;) Wonder why Simon didn't mention it though, or did I miss something?
@MK-hh1vo
@MK-hh1vo 2 года назад
You missed it. He did mention that Zola was convicted of defamation and went to prison for a year because of that.
@clayberryman
@clayberryman 2 года назад
love your work Simon!! could you please make a video about Sir John Monash of Australian World War I fame.
@arkady714
@arkady714 2 года назад
Austrian Jewish journalist Theodore Herzl attended the 2nd trial and wrote of what a sham it was. At that time, he came to the conclusion that nowhere in Europe, not even in the country that boasted being open and free (France) could a Jewish person be granted a fair trial. His solution was for the Jewish people to establish a country where their citizenship could and would never ever be question. He proposed that Jews return to Israel (then called Palestine) to establish a society where they would decide their own destiny and never again be scape-goated. It was the birth of the Zionist movement.
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
Actually only the Western Christian countries furthest from The Holy Land called it Palestine. The Ottoman Turks and the Arabs NEVER called it Palestine from the founding of Islam in the 7th Century until 1964.
@arkady714
@arkady714 2 года назад
@@dovbarleib3256 What did they call it?
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
@@arkady714 During the era of the Turks, Jerusalem (Al Quds) and Hevron had a special designation called the Mutasariffate of Al Quds. J-lem was included because of the Al Aksa Mosque and Hevron was included because of the burial plot of Abraham to the exclusion of the other 5 Patriarchs and Matriarchs who were the ancestors of Israel and Judea. But the Islamic World did recognize the Unique sanctity of the corridor between J-lem and Hebron. *The entire space of land to the north of J-lem (Al Quds) all the way to the headwaters of the Jordan River and the Golan Heights and Mt Hermon had ZERO sanctity to Islam and was part of provincial districts whose capitals were either in Damascus and later on in Beirut. The entire expanse of 2/3rds of the Holy Land north of Al Quds was sparsely populated and for the most part, the Arabs, Mamluks and Turks gave the northern 2/3rds zero sanctity and no special name whatsoever! They definitely did not call it Palestine. Only the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Christian World in general called it Palestine. The Muslims did not.*
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
@@arkady714 And the ONLY reason why the League of Nations called it Palestine from 1918 or 1919 onwards is because the vast majority of the members of the League in the 1920s and 1930s were Christian countries.
@dovbarleib3256
@dovbarleib3256 2 года назад
@@arkady714 *In short until the founding of the PLO in 1964, there was NEVER an Arab Muslim people in ALL of world history called Palestinian. Just like Dreyfus's supposed guilt, the entire idea of Arab Muslim Palestinian historic peoplehood is a pernicious evil lie.* just another lie to justify Jew hatred. History keeps producing these justifications.
@TheMightyDevilLuis
@TheMightyDevilLuis 2 года назад
Could you do the biography of Cesare Borgia or Sasaki Kojiro next? Much appreciated.
@aova687
@aova687 2 года назад
I’d love to see Simon explain how Kojiro ended up killing Poseidon.
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094
@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 года назад
If I had a nickel for everytime somebody gave someone the wrong verdict...I'd probably be loaded.
@MacabreQt888
@MacabreQt888 Год назад
I remember watching a movie about this as a little girl. It was starring Richard Dreyfuss, and it was the first I'd ever heard of this.
@theawesomeman9821
@theawesomeman9821 2 года назад
I've heard about this Dryfus fellow from Jewish History month.
@brandonstoughton9619
@brandonstoughton9619 2 года назад
Do a biographic on william joyce lord haw-haw.
@natsune09
@natsune09 2 года назад
To give an idea of how Europe hated jews in the late 1800's, there was a big belief in England (and beyond its borders) that Jack the Ripper was a jew. As no Christian could do what Jack the Ripper did. Kind of near, well not really but close enough for people who hated Jews, to a murder scene was written, ""The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing". Why Jack the Ripper would write that if he were Jewish is beyond me, but it was enough to convince people who already disliked the Jews.
@shatbad2960
@shatbad2960 2 года назад
Why do you think they where hated so universally?
@natsune09
@natsune09 2 года назад
@@shatbad2960 I don't know, I guess people are just intolerant assholes
@eldridgedavis
@eldridgedavis 2 года назад
Because of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians throughout the centuries blamed the Jewish people for the betrayal of Jesus/the execution of Jesus/ crucifixion of Jesus. They were referred to as christ-killers by Christians.
@shatbad2960
@shatbad2960 2 года назад
@@eldridgedavis So it wasn't any more contemporary behaviour? Isn't it over one hundred expulsions throughout history in different nations and territories?
@eldridgedavis
@eldridgedavis 2 года назад
Yes. But Jew hatred in Europe pretty much stems from the animosity that Christians had towards Jewish due to their denial of Christ as the Messiah.
@Cykler770
@Cykler770 2 года назад
There is a very good film to this in french the name is "J'Accuse" or in english "An Officer and a Spy" wich shows the entire story, I watched the movie multiple times so, even so in German as I am a German. Still a gerate movie
@anthemrecords6424
@anthemrecords6424 2 года назад
Haven't been able to find it in the states due to its director (Polanski).
@Cykler770
@Cykler770 2 года назад
@@anthemrecords6424 ahh I see the movie got not realesed in the USA. I am sorry for this maybe you can watch it online on a not US based website. I am not to sure
@derekradaker2739
@derekradaker2739 2 года назад
This was my first time coming across one of your videos, I can already tell I’ll be hooked! If you’re ever looking for interesting people, Paul Robeson is someone has a lot of depth.
@chucku00
@chucku00 Год назад
Some French YT history channels should take notes on how to gather accurate informations and show them in a nonsensical way...
@chiefnug4098
@chiefnug4098 2 года назад
History repeats itself
@guilhermesequeira9373
@guilhermesequeira9373 2 года назад
What about a video about the last King of Portugal, D. Manuel II?
@ZombieDragQueen
@ZombieDragQueen 2 года назад
17:46 I'm not sure. Mystique seems the only plausible explanation for the army going to war in 1914 in red breeches and blue tunics. Or as the Central Powers called it "auto-lock on target mode".
@lib556
@lib556 11 месяцев назад
I am just finishing Robert Harris' book: An Officer and a Spy. I highly recommend it.
@jemkey6930
@jemkey6930 2 года назад
My grandpa once made a quote during a battle buddies celebration. "A soldier's biggest fear was to be forgotten...a soldier's nightmare is what he could be remembered for." At the time he was referring to something that happened in Vietnam. I do not have permission to post about it maybe one day soon.
@paulnolan4971
@paulnolan4971 2 года назад
It's not as bad as what happened to Chief Inspector Dreyfus. That poor man driven insane by that bumbling inspector.
@paulnolan4971
@paulnolan4971 2 года назад
Ok I wrote that b4 I watched the vid 😁
@droog8400
@droog8400 2 года назад
It is clear that there is much more going on here than meets the ear
@paulnolan4971
@paulnolan4971 2 года назад
​@@droog8400 A beekeeper who has lost his voice, a cook who thinks he's a gardener, and a witness to a murder. Oh, yes. It is obvious to my trained eye that there is much more going on here than meets the ear.
@emanuelpetre5491
@emanuelpetre5491 2 года назад
good lord these people were really sadistic
@marconinkovic6845
@marconinkovic6845 2 года назад
@Biographics could you do a video on Draza Mihailovic, the leader of the other resistance movement in Yugoslavia during WW2 since you did one on Tito already?
@holysquire8989
@holysquire8989 2 года назад
This stuff really reverberates in that we are all capable of being anti-Dreyfusards in our hearts so we must be careful.
@Qatarhero1
@Qatarhero1 2 года назад
The Stash game was on another level
@tapaarn5863
@tapaarn5863 2 года назад
Why is this bloke on so many RU-vid channels?
@benponson4239
@benponson4239 2 года назад
Please do a video on General Omar Bradley.
@agateplanet
@agateplanet 2 года назад
Cinnamon is for elves.
@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186
@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186 2 года назад
But Nutmeg is for EVERYONE
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter 2 года назад
Good video 👍
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