Two letters by the anti-Semite Ernest Judet, the great opponent of Alfred Dreyfus. Paris, c. 1890

Two letters by the anti-Semite Ernest Judet, the great opponent of Alfred Dreyfus. Paris, c. 1890

Two letters in the handwriting and signature of the French nationalist, Ernest Judet, the director of the most widely circulated national newspaper in the 19th century - Le Petit Journal. The anti-Semite who conducted a violent campaign against Georges Clemenceau, one of the main agitators in the Panama Affair, and one of the strongest opponents of Alfred Dreyfus during the trial.

A letter on official stationery of the Le Petit Journal, Paris, c. 1890 - In his letter, Judet apologizes for being busy and not having had the chance to read the sender's letter and promises "to deliver the whole truth in writing" to a certain politician on the Clement affair. [1] page.

The second letter deals with personal matters. [2] pages.

Ernest Judet [1851-1943] was a French nationalist journalist. He served as the director of the leading French newspaper in the 19th century, Le Petit Journal, and later became the director of L'Éclair from 1905 to 1917. He joined the staff of Le Petit Journal in 1886. Three years later, he became the head of the political department and effectively the true director of the daily, a position he officially assumed in 1892. At that time, he led a violent campaign against Georges Clemenceau and against the Panama scandal. Later, with the support of Marinoni and his son-in-law Jules Michaux, he violently attacked Émile Zola and was a fierce opponent of revising the trial during the Dreyfus Affair. He was forced to pay damages for defamation during a libel trial filed in May 1898 by Émile Zola. On May 23 and 25, 1898, Judet published an article in Le Petit Journal titled "Zola père et fils" - "Zola father and son, " in which he accused Émile Zola's father of theft while serving as an officer in 1831, 60 years earlier. Historians have determined that it was the second office of the General Staff that provided Ernest Judet with false documents about the writer's father, François Zola. During World War I, Judet was suspected of treason and spying for Germany; he was tried in July and acquitted by 11 votes to 18.

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