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A column in support of this person was published by Rachel Beer in The Observer. The Human Rights League was founded in order to support this person as part of the “revisionist” faction. This man was accused of imitating his own handwriting, or “autoforgery,” to suggest that he was the author of a bordereau found by a housekeeper in a wastebasket. Georges Picquart discovered that the crimes committed by this man, which resulted in his exile (10[1])to Devil’s Island (-5[1])in (-5[1])1895, (10[1])were actually committed by Ferdinand (10[1])Esterhazy. For 10 points, Émile Zola’s J’accuse (10[1])letter (10[1])defended what falsely-convicted French Jewish artillery (10[1])captain in a namesake “affair”? (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: Alfred Dreyfus
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Caleb Thomas (DII)Miami C (DII) Michigan State B 79-5
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