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Welcome back to Sleepless Politics, where we dive into the stories that kept nations awake at night.

In this episode, we unravel the explosive scandal that shook the French Third Republic: the wrongful conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer accused of betraying his country. What began as a case of alleged espionage quickly spiraled into a national crisis—exposing the deep fault lines of antisemitism, political corruption, military secrecy, and public distrust.

We explore:
🔹 The trial that shocked the world
🔹 How evidence was forged to frame Dreyfus
🔹 The voices who rose to defend him—most famously Émile Zola
🔹 The fierce political battle that divided France for decades
🔹 And how the affair still echoes in modern debates on justice and prejudice

The Dreyfus Affair wasn’t just a courtroom drama—it was a fight over the soul of a nation.

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