A scene from the new three-part documentary series about Russian Jewish history. (Courtesy of Studio Namdeni)
This story is sponsored by Genesis Philanthropy Group.
In 1894, a Jewish military officer in France, Alfred Dreyfus, was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason for allegedly passing state secrets to the enemy.
When evidence came to light proving his innocence, the government covered it up and slapped the accused with additional charges based on falsified evidence. Dreyfus was tried again and found guilty, framed for no other reason than the fact that he was a Jew. Years passed before he was finally retried, pardoned and his …read more
Source: JTA