Word: picquart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aristocratic Hungarian family, they tried to cover up their mistake and even let Esterhazy keep his rank and assignment. Dreyfus' conviction touched off a wave of anti-Semitism that made it dangerous for anyone to doubt his guilt. But one general-staff officer, Lieut. Colonel Marie-Georges Picquart, found the truth more than his conscience could stand, although he cordially disliked Dreyfus. Novelist Emile Zola ripped into the nasty mess with his famous l'accuse! Georges Clemenceau became a Dreyfusard; famous lawyers kept trying to reopen the case at the risk of their lives. Not until July...
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