Fact check
Is it true: Dreyfus Affair / French Army cover-up (1894-1906)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
The French military hierarchy convicted Alfred Dreyfus on fabricated and misattributed evidence, suppressed Picquart's discovery that Esterhazy was the real spy, forged the faux Henry document to reinforce the wrongful conviction, and court-martialled the officer who tried to correct the record. Full rehabilitation by the Cour de cassation in 1906 confirmed the institutional cover-up.
The claim
Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish Alsatian artillery officer in the French Army, was convicted of treason on 22 December 1894 on the basis of a handwritten document (bordereau) wrongly attributed to hi
Key evidence
Bordereau handwriting matched Esterhazy — Picquart's 1896 finding
1899 Rennes retrial reaffirmed conviction — cover-up extended
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