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Arrest of Emile Zola

France · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1898Date range
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Chronological records

1898

Emile Zola23 February 1898

Warfare / Military

Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Names involved

Emile Zola

Provenance

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