INDEX OF NAMES  

1. BARRES, MAURICE
   French nationalist writer, anti-Dreyfus, who defended the Army
   
   
2. BILLOT GENERAL
   Minister of War in 1896
   
   
3. BLUM LEON
   Contemporary at the time of the Dreyfus Affair, Jewish; wrote Souvenirs of the Affair. 1934- 36, President of the Counsel (Prime Minister of France), during period of Popular Front
   
   
4. DE BOISDEFFRE GENERAL
   Head of the General Headquarters at outset of Dreyfus Affair (1894)
   
   
5. CAHEN, ISIDORE
   Chairman of Archives Israelites
   
   
6. CARAN D'ACHE
   Anti-Dreyfus cartoonist
   
   
7. CARVAIGNAC
   Minister of War from January 1898
   
   
8. CLEMENCEAU, GEORGES
   Editor-in-Chief of Aurore newspaper during the Affair; commited dreyfusard; future Minister in Government and President of the Counsel (P.M.)
   
   
9. DREYFUS, LUCIE
   Alfred Dreyfus' wife; fought for his acquittal
   
   
10. DREYFUS, MATHIEU
    Alfred Dreyfus' brother; first to defend him
    
    
11. DRUMONT, EDOUARD
    Virulently antisemitic journalist in charge of "La Libre Parole" newspaper
    
    
12. DUPUY, CHARLES
    President of the Counsel of Ministers (P.M.) at outset of the Dreyfus Affair
    
    
13. ESTERHAZY
    Responsible for the bordereau which comprised the indictment against Dreyfus
    
    
14. GONSE GENERAL
    Deputy Chief of Staff
    
    
15. HENRY COMMANDANT
    On staff of Intelligence Service; convinced of Dreyfus' guilt; admitted eventually to forging documents in the file and commited suicide in prison.
    
    
16. JAURES, JEAN
    Socialist Deputy (M.P.); defended Dreyfus from 1898; subsequently one of leaders of Socialist Party; assassinated in 1914
    
    
17. KAHN ZADOC
    Chief Rabbi of France
    
    
18. LAZARE, BERNARD
    Writer; first Jew to take up Dreyfus' cause; author of "Antisemitism, its History and Causes", (1894)
    
    
19. LEVAILLANT, ISAIE
    Director of L'Univers Israelite, victim of anti-semitism
    
    
20. MELINE, JULES
    President of the Counsel of Ministers, August 1896-98
    
    
21. MERCIER GENERAL
    Minister of War at outset of the Dreyfus Affair
    
    
22. PANIZZARDI
    Italian military attache in Paris
    
    
23. DU PATY DE CLAM COMMANDANT
    Prosecutor charged with the preliminary hearing and dictating the incriminating document
    
    
24. PEGUY, CHARLES
    French writer active on Dreyfus' behalf; wrote about the Affair in "Notre Jeunesse" (Our Youth)
    
    
25. PERIER, CASIMIR
    President of French Republic at the outset of the Dreyfus Affair
    
    
26. PICQUART COMMANDER
    Appointed Head of the Intelligence Office 1895; convinced of Dreyfus' innocence he was later removed from the General Staff and silenced in Tunisia
    
    
27. PROUST, MARCEL
    Jewish writer and Dreyfus supporter; dealt with the Affair at great length in his novel, "In Search of Lost Time"
    
    
28. REINACH, JOSEPH
    French Jewish politician, Deputy (M.P.) during the Dreyfus Affair who came quickly to his support; wrote a 7-volume History of the Dreyfus Affair
    
    
29. SANDHERR COLONEL
    Head of General Staff at outset of the Dreyfus Affair
    
    
30. SCHEURER-KESTNER, AUGUSTE
    Vice-President of French Senate; responsible for introducing the Affair into Parliament; one of Dreyfus' first supporters
    
    
31. SCHWARZKOPPEN
    German military attache in Paris
    
    
32. ZOLA, EMILE
    French writer, author of J'accuse, the pamph- let which first appeared in "L'Aurore" newspaper, 1898