... the German government. Dreyfus came under suspicion, probably because he was a Jew and also because he had access to the type of information that had been supplied to the German agent. The army authorities declared that Dreyfus' handwriting was similar to that on the papers. Despite his protestations of innocence he is sent to prison. The press would play a role from ... the start of the Dreyfus Affair, from the time of Dreyfus's arrest to the time of his first trial. On October 29, 1894, Edouard Drumont, publisher of the anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole was notified by French Hea...

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