*Corrections:* - Méliès' film _L'Affaire Dreyfus_ was only eleven minutes long, not feature-length. I think I got tripped up by the fact that it comprised 11 reels, but each reel was only 1 minute. - The man in the photo labeled "Jules Gesde" is in fact Russian Revolutionary Georgi Plekhanov. I have no idea how I mixed those two up, but I did make this video while delirious with COVID. - Again, I couldn't include every major player in this, so apologies for failing to mention Yves Guyot, Bernard Lazare, Ludovic Trarieux, Fernand Labori, Francis de Pressené, Auguste Mercier, or Major Paty du Clam.

@gyllenspetzfamily7993

Жыл бұрын

I was very pleased Méliès got a nod. He is forgotten by many. Oh no you got COVID? Are you ok?

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

As of this morning, much better. I expect to be fine by Monday or so.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

החלמה מהירה!

@gyllenspetzfamily7993

Жыл бұрын

@@SamAronow ok, I hope you don't have any lasting effects, rest Sam. You did very well, especially if you were exhausted from COVID. But please rest now.

@halahala6425

Жыл бұрын

@@ZamirMalachi6354 You need to convert to Punctuation

Imagine getting dragged through mud by your own countrymen then returning to fight in the most gruesome war for said country

@supe5931

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision Did we not watch the same fucking video? Go and find god, please

@supe5931

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision Propaganda is when jew good. Sure buddy

@universal_hyssoap

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision whether or not he's of the same race (however you define that), he still saw himself as french and was willing to die for france.

@toade1583

Жыл бұрын

​@@ScipioVision I don't think Jew is a nationality, bud. You wouldn't say Christians can't be French so I'm wondering why you think Jewish people can't?

@1HuntingShark

Жыл бұрын

@@toade1583our identity is complicated. The best way of describing it in simpler terms is we’re an ethnoreligion. Within our culture there’s aspects of nationhood E.g. the concept of Am Israel. Spinoza a 17th century Jewish secular philosopher argued the Torah was merely the constitution/legal documents of a ancient kingdom, not divine word. In more religious terms there’s passages like in Genesis where G-d says to Abraham (paraphrasing here) “i will make you into a great nation” Amongst the first French Revolution and after it at Napoleon’s great Sanhedrin emancipation was granted to French Jews if the two communities of Bordeaux and Alsace (Sephardi secular and Ashkenazi religious) gave up ideas of Judaism having any national characteristics to accept French nationality. Similarly with the rise of the reform movement in its earlier years they to argued assimilation for Jews was only possible to shed any notions of Jews having any distinct national or ethnic identity. It’s a messy messy topic which Sam has covered but for the most part the Jews of revolutionary France took the offer to gain equality which makes the Dreyfus situation so tragic. After all the progress of the French Revolution and the country slips back into the antisemitism it held since medieval times all be it with modern touches when according to their own legal codes and rulings French Jews were sons of the nation

The saddest thing about Drumont is that the influences of his poisonous rambling can be clearly seen in prejudices prevailing around the world to this day.

@marcello7781

Жыл бұрын

After all he epitomizes all the "qualities" of zealous antisemites: -Hate a people but barely try to learn about it. -Envy other successful people. -Judge the facts on a confirmation bias. -If the facts contradict you, forge them.

@benjaminklass5118

Жыл бұрын

@@marcello7781 And they usually think they are geniuses.

@tjenadonn6158

Жыл бұрын

@@marcello7781 TBF that's bigots in general. Bigotry only has one playbook: all they do is run a find-and-replace when they switch targets.

@eldattackkrossa9886

Жыл бұрын

is it really because of drumont? i was under the impression that drumont was more symptomatic of older widespread european antisemitism rather than someone who created part of it but i wouldn't mind finding out otherwise

@m.hughmungus121

Жыл бұрын

Such as ?

Interesting fact, the Tour de France was partially created due to the Dreyfus affair. One of the larger newspapers at the time was "Le Velo" which mixed their main sports coverage with politics. The editor believed that Dreyfus was innocent, frustrated with this a new sports paper was founded "Le Auto-Velo", and to promote the paper, they began the Tour de France. Le Auto-Velo is now L'Équipe and is still in publication today.

@tjenadonn6158

Жыл бұрын

The Global Cycling Network has a video where two of their presenters try to get through a leg of the original Tour de France with period-appropriate gear. Anyone who does the Tour is obviously built different, but the guys back then were fucking BUILT DIFFERENT.

@elh93

Жыл бұрын

@@tjenadonn6158 Yep, there are a few books on both the first tour. And also crazier is the Circuit des Champs de Bataille, which happened right after Wold War I, "Riding the Zone Rouge" is a great book on that.

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

*I need to see this.*

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

So... the Tour-de-France was founded because of antisemitism? I wonder if there were any Jews out of the Sixty cyclists of the first race...

Fun fact about Zola's *J'accuse* he initially wanted to call it *Lettre ouverte au président de la République* or *Open letter to the president of the Republic* since that's what it was, an open letter. But Clemenceau felt that the title didn't hit hard enough and convinced Zola to change it.

The list at 6:15: the first 4 countries all took part in the Polish partition. It’s weird how all those countries later complained about having a Jewish problem, but never seem to point out that that “problem” was self-inflicted. If they had left Poland alone, they wouldn’t have had so many Jews in their border to complain about.

You did very good. Way before law school when I was a history major the Dreyfus affair was on of my history professors favorite discussion points. He viewed it as the point in time that France decided not to go the way Germany would in the early mid 20th century ( though it came extremely close). Only one small point of correction Dreyfus was reinstated as an Artillery Major, as it was deemed the rank he would have likely achieved but for the affair.

I have to say, after all that he went through, to serve his nation during the First World War must have taken extraordinary amounts of bravery. In a way I'm happy for him that he passed away before the Second World War. He didn't have to suffer through any more torture or worse, be made an example by the Germans as he was by his countrymen. Rest in Peace to this brave soldier.

@robertmgoodman5138

9 ай бұрын

However, his granddaughter, Madeleine Levy, arrested by French police in Toulouse, was deported and died of typhus in Auschwitz in January 1944 and his wife, Lucie, who had played a major role in the fight to exonerate her husband, was hidden in a convent in Valence during the German occupation where her health so deteriorated that she died shortly after the the war, in December 1945. So sad.

I love the Karolina Żebrowska cameo!

I was listening to this while riding on the bus, and I heard "And nobody remembers this better than Francis Jews" and my first thought was, "Who is that? I've never heard of him!" 😆

@manyagaver1946

Жыл бұрын

My middle name is Frances and I am a Jew so it’s me

@tjenadonn6158

Жыл бұрын

Frances Joos sounds vaguely Dutch.

It is crazy to think about the political situation in France after the Dreyfus affair. Imagine if America today had two political parties explicitly dedicated to racism, one of which was led by someone who had been claiming non-whites were a parasitic species for years. Then there was the third party which consisted of loosely connected blocs that only really got along based on the idea that racism wasn't actually good.

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

If anything, US politics at this time was even weirder. Both parties had left and right wings but managed to stay united because the most important issue for 20 years was whether the value of money should be tied to gold or silver. We're gonna get into it later.

@jorkmorks

Жыл бұрын

@@Noctem_pasa I mean, lets be fair for a moment here, no major party in the US is called "The Racist Party."

@jorkmorks

Жыл бұрын

Although obviously that doesn't change the actual reality.

@kurttrahan5892

Жыл бұрын

@@Noctem_pasa I would dislike your comment a thousand times if I could.

@warlordofbritannia

Жыл бұрын

So, what you’re basically saying is what if we had a viable third party? That would be nice.

Some of the people from the Anti-Dreyfussiard camp, Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois, founded Action Francaise in 1899. Its a NGO politicalally active group that seeks to restore the pre-revolutionary status-quo. This group is still active today.

@Matthy63

Жыл бұрын

I mean, not that France has a shortage of rightwing nutjobs, and most monarchists are up there. But Action Française are nutjobs even by their standards.

Not-so-fun fact: Henri Buronfosse, a chimney sweep, confessed to have taken money to sabotage Zola's chimney and cause his death by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Very good video and background on France. Dreyfus went through many trails once he was brought back from Devil's Island. Shalom Alechem has a story about the giant attorney who defended him in one of them. In Paris, they did commission a statute of Dreyfus which was moved many times due to public outcry. It now stands in the back of an obscure park that you can only find if the tour guide is Jewish.

I feel like a story of Dreyfus is so extra poignant today as we in the West are experiencing yet again another way of other antisemitism in a way I don't think most Jews thought would happen especially here in the United States where I live. The recent controversy with Kanye West has sparked such a vile dialogue that has only reminded me why my grandpa told me so long ago to not tell anyone I was Jewish because then that's all they would see. Graveyards are being defiled, political pundits are engaging with anti-Semitism again and the ex-president of the United States said that the Jews of America need to remember to be loyal to him which is an incredibly threatening sentiment. It can always happen again if we do not stay vigilant and defend democracy which in turn defends diversity we really appreciate your videos

@napoleonbuonaparte8975

Жыл бұрын

More than a democratic thing, it depens of the education. If some random blonde guy said that and people belive him then there is a big problem with the way there were educated. Like, you can see that is bullshit just using your common sense.

@tavenstrickert9658

Жыл бұрын

@@napoleonbuonaparte8975 common sense is in short supply here in the United States.

@napoleonbuonaparte8975

Жыл бұрын

@@WillyOrca So you are telling me that jewish people plot against common people or something like that?

@tavenstrickert9658

Жыл бұрын

@@WillyOrca you are right that comparatively to the population at large choose to have higher representation in certain fields but that same thing can be said especially in similar fields as a lot of Asian Americans as many Asian cultural groups here in the United States have also very circular community economies and highly value education and work ethic and how they raise their children it's very similar to Jewish communities. As far as you saying that the banks are run by Jews well lets examine that for what it is.... And looking into the CEO and boards of the top five banks in America such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and so on one can actually find an interesting trend and that is there is not one Jew as a CEO although I did find that's some of them had Greek Irish German ancestry. On the boards of these companies I found only one or two out of a board of often 10 to 20 for each of the major companies, the majority mostly being from European white ancestry. Now I am 100% on your side when it comes to the fact that many of these organizations such as banks are highly exploitative of the population at large and I am against their Capitalist but that is a capitalist problem not a Jewish problem, in fact if you look at the top 10 richest men in America one of them is practicing Jewish and another one is only half Jewish through his mother and grew up Christian. Mark Zuckerberg is now number 11. And now let's look at Hollywood and I actually think your claim has a bit more validity as there is a large propensity of Jewish actors, talent agents, producers and directors but what's really break down the numbers shall we by looking at a few companies. In 2021 the largest entertainment company with the highest percentage of Jewish employees including management and executives was Disney at around 18%, Warner Brothers was around 13%, Sony 13% NBC 2%, and it's funny is that NBC considered to be left with and is often referenced as Jewish controlled being at only 2% comparative to the conservative Fox News which has 12% Jewish employment. So what are these numbers tell us yes there is a higher representation in the media comparative to the general population percentage but it is not an astronomical difference and certainly not dominated by the Jews who make up 2.4% general American population but notably in the area that most of the major financial institutions and media institutions are headquartered so New York and Los Angeles you see representation as high as 9%, and 17% respectively which actually means in Los Angeles comparative to the population that is Jewish they are actually proportionally represented to the larger population in mass media in that City. The real issue is that there are no group of Jews meeting at Canter's deli on Fairfax in Los Angeles plotting how to make Hollywood more Jewish and how to push Jewish ideology onto the world know the true fact is you have individuals who identify as Jewish who holds personal beliefs but over businessmen and capitalists trying to maximize profits to the largest possible market so there is no Jewish agenda at Play in that regard there's just the concept of making as much money as possible which is not a characteristic of Jewish people but a characteristic of businessmen of any background. The average Jewish household is not a rich household in comparison to the so-called elite and while it is higher than the average for other demographics of Americans you also have to look at why and that is largely because Jews like Us have created insular communities that rely on circular economics that helps to support every facet of that community which means that if I have a business and you have a business that are compatible we often would send business to each other and therefore both of us become more profit able and then we can profit on to the education of our children thereby increasing their chances to do the same and faster in that generation. All of this is also fairly new to the world stage jews have only had opportunities like this in recent years. Up until the 1970s most Jews in Hollywood changed their names to avoid persecution because they wouldn't get the job otherwise, all the way through the 1950s and '60 s Jewish and gentile banking, advertising, and investment firms we're off in separated between the Jewish firms and the normal firms that hired European decent white men. My grandfather started an overnight printing business one of the first in the country in the '60s and then he sold that business for around $4 million dollars around the late 60s and yet even though he met the qualifications in every way he was often rejected from wealthy society that he tried to become a part of like a country clubs because he was Jewish and my grandmother wanted to be an animator for Disney and had incredible sketches when she was applying for art School in fact they were all ready to let her in she had an amazing interview everything was going great and then they pointed out that she had multiple absences on her record and she had to explain them and when she said they were Jewish holidays they notably told her they would get back to her and never did. That is only two generations ago and even though they succeeded in so many ways my grandpa always told me to never wear my yamaka in public because he told me I look like a gentile and why would I want to be a Jew in this world. So is there a exploitation by the wealthy 100% we are living in an American today controlled by a few Rich families most of which are Christian and are of Anglo origin like Bill Gates, the Koch brothers which are German, The waltons, musk and Bezos none of which by the way are Jewish but all of which perpetuate horrible labor practices and consumer exploitation. So the next time you get mad at the wealthy realize it's not their religion that makes them evil because I don't blame Christians for capitalism no instead I blame human greed and that is a trait found in every person from every background and I think is equally represented across the world..... Anyways that's my TED talk good night.

@tavenstrickert9658

Жыл бұрын

@@WillyOrca also point of fact I sell insurance currently but I am also been a director with amnesty international for fundraising, I have been a waiter, I have been a Lyft driver, I have been a retail sales person and manager, I have waved signs and I have worked in construction. If I had worked in banking media law or psychiatry that would not invalidate my opinion nor would it make me incapable of advising with the exploited masses of the capitalist machine and it's kind of weird that you think of those professions prevent someone from being human and feeling for those suffering which is called empathy thing that I try to practice actively.

I am so impressed with the patriotism and loyalty to France that Alfred Dreyfus showed throughout this entire ordeal. It is so infuriating to see how he and the Jewish community were treated during this time and to a large extent, continue to be treated. The fact that he was willing to defend France even when under attack by Germany and come out of retirement is unbelievably remarkable. This is a man with significant courage and valour that is incredibly hard to come by. The racist nationalists were quick to sell their country out to satisfy their bloodlust against Jewish people; it should always remain a lesson for everyone that nationalists are not patriots and will sell you down the river. Even if you care not about those targeted by nationalists (which tbh you really should), it is inherently in your best interest to not engage with these people. Their interests are to obtain more power by any means necessary, even if that means to sell the country to the highest bidder. The courage, patriotism, honour and valour that Dreyfus showed throughout his entire life is absolutely astounding. This man truly believed in the values of France more so than any nationalist. It is my hope that this story is continued to be told and that he eventually be interred (or at least have a cenotaph) at the Pantheon, as he truly deserves to have that be his final resting place.

Incredible video! I'm French so I was taught about the facts of the Dreyfus affair and the "J'accuse" article several times during my curriculum. But there always was a kind of prudishness about talking about antisemitism at school that made it hard for me to understand why it was a big deal. Quoting people like Drumont is important context even if I understand it's hard to expose student to unfiltered antisemitism. I didn't really understand why this miscarriage of justice was particularly important when it wasn't the first or the last. I understood that it sparked a national debate at the time. But without explaining what antisemite believed, I had no sense that it had implications for all Jews in France.

I've been eagerly anticipating this one for a long time. Very well done!

@t.wcharles2171

Жыл бұрын

I loved your video on the Dorset culture.

@benjaminklass5118

Жыл бұрын

@@t.wcharles2171 Me too.

@johnnobody3078

Жыл бұрын

This is a crossover we need.

Featuring Karolina Żebrowska, as Maria Skłodowska-Curie. ;)

@marcosfarodrigues

Жыл бұрын

Yeah right so cool

I have been binge watching your videos for weeks now. I am Jewish and have a degree in history, but never knew maybe 95% of the information shown in these videos. You do amazing work and make me feel so proud to be Jewish.

@tavenstrickert9658

Жыл бұрын

Same, found him round Yom kippur been watch since

@tavenstrickert9658

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision never, and for someone trying to claim by proxy some sort of wisdom or grandiosity from someone like Aurelian, you should know that despite all your Roman emperors and the rulers across the ages afterwards despite all their efforts and despite all of their power we are still here.... So we will maintain our pride and not let someone as pathetic as you shake it because you are a ghost of a shadow of anything your name could possibly represent.

@almogz9486

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision what a compelling argument. Yes random KZread commentor your masterful evangelizing method of calling me Jew and telling me accept Jesus worked! (No but seriously of you watched any of these videos you will see that we had enough of Christians trying to convert us)

@almogz9486

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision dude watch any of the videos in this channel on this idiotic premise Jews were persecuted killed and banished it was and still is completely untrue

@universal_hyssoap

Жыл бұрын

@@ScipioVision you need to repent and believe in the gospel. "salvation is from the jews" - Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, John 4:22

I really love your cinematography; the introduction of Herzl worked out better than most marvel post credit scenes 🤭

As it happens, I’m currently reading a section in Proust all about the Dreyfus affair - and suddenly all of the references make sense. Well done!

This is going to be a good one

I have been waiting far too long for this video. It's finally Herzl and Zionism time! Thank you so much Sam!

@skeletonkeysproductionskp

Жыл бұрын

If you like Sam's content, check out my new series of "History of Israel". Sam is a huge inspiration to me, so watch it and subscribe, you will learn so much more history than you already know.

@theklorg305

Жыл бұрын

Defiantly be sure to also check out other sources on Zionism, like Henry Abramson and Jewish Virtual Library, in addition. Sam is a far-leftist in Israeli politics, and I worry that might influence his videos.

@ramseywalid2715

Жыл бұрын

zionism sucks

I've waited years for this episode.

@aidenklass9767

Жыл бұрын

@benjaminklass5118

Жыл бұрын

@@aidenklass9767 🙃

@aidenklass9767

Жыл бұрын

@@benjaminklass5118 aren't you meant to be teaching at the moment?

@benjaminklass5118

Жыл бұрын

@@aidenklass9767 In was on break.

Can you make a video about the Jewish communities of Turkey? My parents told me they had several families in their areas of Gaziantep, Nizip etc. Mostly fabric merchants. They were so close friends that they wrote letters to each other even decades after they moved to Israel.

Man that ending hits so hard

This is INCREDIBLY fascinating! Thank you for this!

One of your best and most interesting videos so far!

Fantastic job, Sam! 👍👏👏👏

Yes, the collaboration I didn't know I needed!

What an amazing video. I am always amazed by the quality of your videos. Wish this video had come out two years ago when I wrote a final paper on the Dreyfus Affair!

The video was simply fantastic! Excellent job, well done on every level

Your videos are so well done. The content is filled with so much information presented with impressive accessibility. The Production value and technique make all that data easier to understand. Bravo.

This is a professionally made, excellent video! I was quite surprised to see how small your channel is, I wish you luck and will try to boost you in the algorithm

iv been waiting for this !

this is one of the best history videos I have ever watched. thank you!

Thank you for researching and reporting this.

My favorite of the past 4. Well done mate.

Amazing work Sam Aronow 👏

Love your videos Sam, keep it up!

Hearing what slander had been printed in France, it is no longer a mystery for me, why it had been so easy to establish the Vichy regime in the 1940ies...

This video has been years in the making. What a journey!

I learned a lot. Thank you for making this video.

Excellent video man thanks for the hard work

Great video, thank you.

These videos keep popping up and I keep saying to myself, this wouldn't interest me. And then I watch them. They are riveting.

Excellent video

I didn't get a notification for this upload. Great video, I always wondered what the Dreyfus Affair was about.

Excellent. I remember first learning about this in my European literature studies during senior high school, when we were studying Émile Zola.

This was a Jeopardy question yesterday so I wanted to learn more and here you are.

This video was amazing... I had no idea about any of this!

Oh yeah! Gonna love this one!

I remember I read the memoir of Raymond Aron (Jean-Paul Sartre's lifelong rival) and he said that he was generally raised as a Catholic and didn't notice his Jewish identity until studying in Germany in the 1930s. He also described himself "I am a proud Parisian."

I learned about the Dreyfus affair in school, but hadn't heard about the pogroms before. It was even worse than I thought.

"That was enough means, motive and opportunity to rule out everybody else." Funny line!

Amazing video 💯 Would you also share the soundtrack list?

In French, a "libelle" is a defamatory writing. Zola was accused of defamation. No link with the "blood libel".

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

Well, in English "libel" is just what we call defamation in written form.

@Xerxes2005

Жыл бұрын

@@SamAronow Same as with French then. I was surprised you didn't think it could be a crime. Excellent video, by the way. As usual. I'm learning each time.

@ladymacbethofmtensk896

Жыл бұрын

One thing that always bugs me is how contemporary anti-semites quote the blood libel when they are making a stink about the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church invented it after all.

I'm a Lithuanian, I'm no stranger to historical antisemitism. And yet this channel is a constant stream of surprising lows in European political ethics. The absurdities of modern politics may often fade in comparrisson to the past

👏😐 Great video

The symphony being played at the end of the video is Beethoven's Third, or Erioica. It originally was written as a tribute to Napolean, but was quickly stripped of this association by Beethoven once he decided that Napolean was a nasty despot.

me, seeing the amount of suicides in this episode: france are you ok?

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

19th century military honor culture is wild. I think it arose out of a desire to imitate the Romans.

@wayneparker9331

Жыл бұрын

@@SamAronowThat is exactly what a lot of it really was, i.e., an attempt by French military officers to recreate the ancient Roman sense of patriotism, fidelity and honor. If you ever get the chance, just read some of the period’s French military literature and other written materials. I read a lot of it when studying at the US Naval Academy (c.1987-90) and often found myself laughing out loud at the constant attempts to paint 19th century French military men as modern day Roman legions (it’s not a coincidence that the French called their soon to be famous unit of foreign fighters “La Legion Etrangere”). This started with the Revolution in 1789 and David’s art, among others, is a great example how those ideals were rediscovered. By the middle of the 19th century these attitudes were not confined to Republicans. A significant number of French Army officers with royalist/Catholic tendencies adopted similar beliefs in those same civic virtues.

Outstanding documentary. I can recommend the book by Bredin The Affair very complete but long. This extraordinary affair divided French society and lasted an incredible 12 years before it was finished with court martials, court cases, suicide, resignations, violent protests and attempted assassinations. It had political consequences that are still significant today.

A great video. Well researched. A cliffhanger could have been the line from Dreyfus to the modern state of Israel.

"Nothing destroys credibility like an insurrection." I wish. Ah, how I wish.

@condor237

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonbelstone3427 Protest is now illegal and wrong, bow down before the gov but only if it’s an R in office

@stephenjenkins7971

Жыл бұрын

Trumpist political power is been basically neutered, if that's what you're implying. So has BLM political groups if you count them, but I'm not entirely sure.

I vaguely recall seeing this on history channel. That alone tells you how long ago that was.

“Nothing quite destroys credibility like an insurrection.” Sounds familiar for some reason.

@robertshepherd8543

Жыл бұрын

What's an insurrection? The lies and forgeries that convicted Dreyfus lingered in power many decades but opinions slowly changed, and the truth ultimately prevailed. In my country, a staged "insurrection" was successfully perpetrated at the Capitol, only to result in the truth coming out later. It was a bogus insurrexction, carefully orchesatrated from behind the scenes by the speaker, her co-conspirators, and the police.

Time for one of the most absurd and stupid moments in antisemitic history.

@tjenadonn6158

Жыл бұрын

The Semitic answer to the Satanic Panic. And now we get to live through their shitty sequels simultaneously.

@GoogleUserOne

Жыл бұрын

You don’t know the half of it. In the 1980s they refused to allow his statue at the military academy. Or anywhere.

@GoogleUserOne

Жыл бұрын

And his grand daughter died in the Holocaust.

@freneticness6927

Жыл бұрын

A german who spoke german and was born in germany was accused of being a german spy and somehow its all about the jews.

Thank you Sam for the great video.We learn about Dreyfus in school in Israel,and I want to say that although that was terrible situation,God works in mysterious ways and all of this affair in this place in this time was blessing in disguise and changed all the Jewish and world history as we know it.

I read somewhere that Esterhazy was either a double agent or an unwitting dupe, who leaked information about the French 120 mm field gun (the one that they never got to work) as a blind to obscure the real artillery innovation of the French 75 mm artillery gun.

Rewatched because the series is just so great, wasn't aware however at 21:00 that Georgi Plekhanov was such a prominent French politician hehe

Zola was probably murdered by an anti-Dreyfusard stove-fitting contractor who caused the chimney to be blocked.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

Although, it was never proved. But anyway, I don't understand how a blocked chimney can cause suffocation. There is a door he could open. Was that during his sleep?

@WagesOfDestruction

Жыл бұрын

@@user-gr9fq9gt9w he was not suffocated, he died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

@@WagesOfDestruction Oh, that makes much more sense.

I really like the music Historia Civilis uses

Wasn’t Dreyfus assistant to Gallieni who used taxis to transfer soldiers through Paris to stop the Germans on the Marne at the start of WWI. I appreciate your clear, comprehensive presentation. Thank you

As the Jewish world enters the 20th century, will you also be covering the Beilis affair or Beilissade, which saw a Kievan jew, Mendel Beilis, accused of ritual murder amid deaths and disappearances of key witnesses and similar public pressure... I, as a self-discovered Ashkenazi jew am a great admirer of your work for its in-depth approach and attention to detail, espectially including prononciation, which is so often sorely neglected by most history-oriented KZreadrs

Yeah baby

To everyone I recommend the novel an Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris, it tells the story of the Dreyfus affair from the point of the view of Georges Picquart. Great story and novel!

It sounds like the military culture of late 19th century France was very Prussian. Ironically.

Amazing video @samaronow, I have a new series on: "History of Israel". Part 1 is already out, so watch it and let's collaborate in the future!

Hi love you video's, are you going to talk about Fredrik Nietzsche

Amazing video Is there a possibility of a film about the Jews of Czechoslovakia?

13:32 8-d chess move there. “They don’t match, and therefore it’s a match!”

So you're telling me far-right agitators hadn't changed their tactics and talking points in over 130 years?

@stephenjenkins7971

Жыл бұрын

Neither has the far-left, apparently.

Tanks for this video and all your chanel :) I think it would had be interesting to speak about the particular relation between french jews and the Third Republic. The french historian Pierre Birnbaum speak of "Les fous de la République"/"The fools of the Republic". He explain that french jews were particulary integrate and active in the regime. For exemple, Dreyfus was trainee at the General Staff of the army. The Dreyfus affaire was a very important for the relation between French jews and the Republic but did not really diminish their love for the regime, cf : the participation of Dreyfuss in WW1

The Dreyfus Affair always goes underappreciated in history classes. They might mention it, but not the details!

Superb. I just finished binge watching “Paris Police 1900” and I’m wondering if it’s accurate. Did Police Commisioner Louis Lepine really save French democracy with the help of a few good anarchists?

Kangaroo courts are one of the most common tactics of an antisemitic system and the prime example of this is the People's Court of Germany headed by Roland Friesler

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

Not to be confused by _The People's Court_ headed by Joseph Wapner.

@t.wcharles2171

Жыл бұрын

@@SamAronow depends whether you watch reruns or not.

Without fact-checking, excellent video. If true to history: thank you very much

Picquart also was the Minster for War for 3 years under Clemenceaus which i thought was cool

2:00 Where have I heard this story before?

22:19 I don't think there is a more French way to go out lol

At @1:55 does anyone know what this song is called?

@thcrimsnfckr9704

2 ай бұрын

bach badinerie B A D I N E R I E

Wait, why is Jules Guesde represented by a photo of Georgi Plekhanov?

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

Oh my God, you're right. I'll be honest; I was seriously ill while for basically the entire production process (including now) and must have short-circuited while doing that.

I feel like the two names at the end were meant to be a big reveal… but I’m not well versed in history enough to recognize them

I knew the Dreyfus affair was a major scandal in its day but had no idea it had such a profound affect on French politics. What was Dreyfus's sentence in the second trial? What was his situation between his conviction and accepting the pardon? Was he free on bail or held in prison or what?

The French... Inconstant as water.

@thanhhoangnguyen4754

Жыл бұрын

Was French alway like this 19th century.

While Sam put on a fabulous presentation, I feel that his pronunciation of certain French names could use a bit of improvement. Dreyfus is dray-FOO(s). Mathieu is mah-TIUH. École is ei-KOL. Of course, it would have been drai-foos in his native Alsace.

23:54 Wait, there was no feature length movie at all before that horribly racist one. That 11 part film series consisted of one minute shorts, it didn't come close to 3 and a half hours. "The Dreyfus Affair (French: L'affaire Dreyfus), also known as Dreyfus Court-Martial,[3] is an 1899 series of eleven short silent films by Georges Méliès. Each of the eleven one-minute installments..." "Running time 240 meters/780 feet total[1] Approx. 13 minutes total[2]"

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

Oh no, I must have misread one of the stats. No wonder I couldn't find more of it.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

I just watched that movie, expecting a big serious documentary, but then I realized that I am dumb and obviously that's a silent show film from the 19th...

@tjenadonn6158

Жыл бұрын

I was able to find at least three feature films, assuming we define feature length as being anything over 90 minutes, that were released before the film I'm assuming you're referring to. Those being "The Defense of Sevastopol" released in 1912, "Quo Vadis?" released in 1913, and "Cabiria" released in 1914, all before "The Birth of A Nation" in 1915. Let's not give that shit any more credit than it's due. It was however the first movie ever screened in the White House, at the personal request of President Woodrow Wilson.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w

Жыл бұрын

@@tjenadonn6158 Those were more than a decade and a half later, genius... when technology was much much better and efficient. Nice profile picture btw.

Very interesting video, I recommend the book D. by Robert Harris about Picquart's enquiry. But I think that talking of pogroms is slightly exaggerated. As far as I know, there have been violent demonstrations against the jews and their possessions in France during the Dreyfus affair with some shops attacked but the government never encouraged this violence unlike in Russia for example, and the police protected the jews and especially the synagogues. Plus, these anti semitic demonstrations were sometimes attacked by conter demonstrations... A precision: the Polytechnic School was and is still a military school created in 1794 to train military engineers and artillery officers. There was a rivalry with the military school of St Cyr but never heard that it was a toxic one since there were not in the same league... And a last personal point: my great-grandfather served with Alfred Dreyfus in the same regiment when he was reintegrated in the army, I think they were both major at the time.

Saw this title and I almost turned of my device. Then I remembered it's Sam.

@SamAronow

Жыл бұрын

Uh...thank you?

@gyllenspetzfamily7993

Жыл бұрын

@@SamAronow the Dreyfus Affair just fills me with rage at the injustice so I wanted to rage quit, but I didn't want negatively impact your stats with KZread. It's an excellent video, and my brain filled in more details from what I knew making me remember why so many people dislike France. I'm also doing a deep dive into the world wide impact of French colonialism (for fun I'm a nerd), so imagine that scene from Clue where Mrs. White says "flames on the side of my face...." yeah that...🙃😝 Anyway it's a well executed video. Thank you for making it.