US EditionMacron Announces Dreyfus Memorial Day Amid Rising Anti-Semitism
FRANCE, JUL 12 – The new annual day honors Alfred Dreyfus’s legacy and highlights ongoing challenges as France recorded 504 anti-Semitic acts in early 2025, officials said.
- French President Emmanuel Macron declared July 12 a national day of commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus, to begin in 2026 on the 120th anniversary of his exoneration.
- This announcement follows Dreyfus's wrongful 1894 conviction for passing military secrets amid deep antisemitism in France and a long legal battle culminating in his 1906 exoneration.
- The case involved a 1899 retrial where Dreyfus was again found guilty, secret investigations by intelligence chief Georges Picquart that identified Major Esterhazy as the true traitor, and public division over the affair.
- On July 12, 1906, the Court of Appeals cleared Dreyfus, and recently, France’s National Assembly unanimously approved his posthumous promotion to brigadier general as a symbolic correction.
- The commemoration highlights justice prevailing over hatred amid rising antisemitic acts in France, with 504 incidents reported between January and May 2025 alone.
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday declared July 12 a national day of remembrance in honor of Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of treason in a notorious anti-Semitic case in 1894.
France to mark annual Dreyfus memorial day: 'Victory of justice over antisemitism'
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that every year on July 12, the date on which Alfred Dreyfus was acquitted of treason, France will memorialize him; The trial of Dreyfus, who was convicted and initially sentenced to life in prison, has become a symbol of antisemitism
The Dreyfus affair was one of the greatest political scandals in French history and exposed the deep-rooted anti-Semitism in France.
Emmanuel Macron announced this Saturday that on July 12, he became a national day of commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus, wrongly convicted and then rehabilitated in 1906, and his fight for justice.
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