J'accuse (letter) Timeline of Events

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J'accuse (letter)

"J'accuse" was an open letter published on January 13, 1898, in the newspaper L'Aurore by the influential writer Émile Zola.In the letter, Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure, and accused the government of anti-Semitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer sentenced to penal servitude for life for espionage...

Timeline of Events

1898

1.13.1898

Emile Zola's ''J'accuse'' exposes the Dreyfus affair.

2.7.1898

Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing ''J'Accuse''.

2.23.1898

Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.