A Perennial Burden to the Conscience

“When the Dreyfus case is ended, and nobody knows when that will be, there will be a relief to mankind all the world over”- The General Advertiser of New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1899 (Prisoners of honor-Dreyfus affair, David Levering Lewis). Never in the history of humanity, did a case of treason have such a profound impact on the entire state, from the government to the youngest child. The Affair penetrated, slowly but steadily, the …

…serves as a source of inspiration for many writers, film directors, philosophers, and politicians. Even one century later, the heads of France are still dealing with it. Whenever a case of conviction of an important person occurs and an ethnic or racial dispute was present a relation to the Dreyfus Affair is made. Definitely, the Affair will still live among us for a long time since there are many “Dreyfus Affairs” going on even today.