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The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for sale

JL;DR SUMMARY The infamous handwriting analysis report that played a crucial role in the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French military officer, is now on sale at the Manhattan Rare Book Company for $175,000. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FranceTheodor HerzlDreyfus AffairAlfred DreyfusHandwriting AnalysisJ'accuseForensic ScienceZolaEtienne Charavay

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Paris, France
"The false conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, a captain in the French military, for treason against France in 1894 is remembered by historians as a flashpoint of antisemitism in modern history."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"are for sale by the Manhattan Rare Book Company at the Antiquarian Book Fair this week for the low price of $175,000."
London, United Kingdom
"Though the real perpetrator, Ferdinand Esterhazy, had fled to England and confessed to journalist Rachel Sassoon Beer, Dreyfus was reconvicted."

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