The Wiener Holocaust Library is presenting forty rare archival artifacts to demonstrate how the wrongful 1894 conviction of Alfred Dreyfus triggered unprecedented public hostility. Faster printing presses and eased press restrictions allowed vitriolic newspapers and posters to rapidly circulate grotesque caricatures of the officer's defenders. Among the items on display is a 45-page special edition of the British weekly *The Graphic*, which presented the unfolding scandal to English-speaking readers as a courtroom drama.
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Technological advances in nineteenth-century printing allowed antisemitic propaganda to a…: Technological advances in nineteenth-century printing allowed antisemitic propaganda to achieve an unprecedented viral reach.
Opponents targeted both Alfred Dreyfus and his high-profile defenders, such as Émile Zola…: Opponents targeted both Alfred Dreyfus and his high-profile defenders, such as Émile Zola, with conspiracy-driven media campaigns.
Curators highlight that the toxic media frenzy surrounding the Dreyfus affair mirrors the…: Curators highlight that the toxic media frenzy surrounding the Dreyfus affair mirrors the spread of modern antisemitism.
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It was the world’s first experience of antisemitism “gone viral”, said Barbara Warnock, co-director of the oldest Holocaust archive, the Wiener Holocaust Library, in London.
It was 1894 and printing presses were faster than ever before. France’s prohibitive censorship laws had been lifted, and then along came the Dreyfus affair: a public shouting match that followed the wrongful conviction for treason of Alfred Dreyfus, a 36-year-old French army captain.
The clash between those insistent on Dreyfus’s guilt, as a Jewish man deemed to have a questionable allegiance to the French republic, and his outraged defenders triggered a deluge of newspaper specials, bespoke journals, posters and other polemics.
A florid sample of the outpouring – including a British newspaper’s special edition, heavily coloured by an anti-French agenda – will go on display this week at a new exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library, 120 years after Dreyfus’s exoneration, promotion and award of the legion d’honneur.
“This is a very relevant topic for now,” said Warnock at a preview of the exhibition. “And so there are maybe some interesting echos in terms…
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