Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Dreyfus Affair pardon centenary exhibition

Highly recommended

Madame Dreyfus
Is only 27 years of age, but her hair is said to be white.
What has made it so? “INJUSTICE!”
Let us resist TYRANNY in this fair land of ours. To do this keep your understandings good, and buy your footwear from Robert Stone, 12,13,14, and 15 Royal Arcade. Also, 151 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Importer of finest American and English boots and shoes.

Advertisement in The Age (Melbourne), September 1899

Found at what seems to be a wonderful exhibition of France's notorious Dreyfus Case being held at Melbourne's Jewish Museum of Australia to commemorate the centenary of Alfred Dreyfus's pardon eleven years after he was first falsely accused. Click for some great pictures, lectures, clippings ... but be warned, the links are unlabelled (ugh!) PDF and large zip files of unoptimized pix. But very much worth the download time.

Australians attended packed meetings in support of Alfred Dreyfus, particularly in 1899 (see September 14).



Pictured (click to enlarge): Emile Zola writes 'J'Accuse'.

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