[1/2] Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart or the truth about the Dreyfus affair

2023-04-03T12:09:28.428Z

Listen to the story of Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart, the man who would have revealed the truth in the Dreyfus affair, told by historian Virginie Girod, in an unpublished story in two episodes. In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer, was accused of spying for Germany and then convicted of treason. By discovering the truth in spite of himself, General Marie-Georges Picquart will stir the France, at the risk of his own life. In this episode of the podcast " At the heart of history" produced by Europe 1 Studio, Virginie Girod recounts the Dreyfus affair and then forges the link with Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart, a brilliant graduate of the Saint-Cyr military school, considered one of the great hopes of the French army and anti-Semitic. As the new head of intelligence, he never wants a Dreyfus affair again, which means controlling counterintelligence networks. But what he discovers will change his destiny. This story is a Europe 1 Studio production.Topics covered: Alfred Dreyfus - Dreyfus affair - Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart - anti-Semitism - espionage - Saint-Cyr