Perpetrator
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
- Born
- 16 December 1847
- Died
- 21 May 1923, aged about 76
- Record
- Wikidata Q379463 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in The Dreyfus Affair
Army major whose handwriting matched the bordereau and who was in contact with the German attaché; acquitted by court-martial in 1898, then fled to England and admitted writing it.
1894–1906 · Paris, Devil's Island and Rennes · Disputed verdict
A torn note from a wastebasket, a Jewish captain sent to Devil's Island, and the real spy acquitted in three minutes: the injustice that split France. Read the case.
Dated events
Picquart reads the 'petit bleu' telegram linking Schwartzkoppen to Esterhazy.
A court-martial acquits Esterhazy.