France’s National Assembly Defense Committee has unanimously approved a bill to posthumously promote Captain Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general, marking a historic correction of the antisemitic injustice he endured.
The bill comes 90 years after Dreyfus’ death and has been described as “an important step in the history of Alfred Dreyfus and in the history of the Republic,” according to Charles Sitzenstuhl, the Ensemble pour la république (EPR) MP for Bas-Rhin and the rapporteur for the bill.
