France promotes Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus, 130 years after wrongful treason conviction

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France has officially promoted Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the army who was falsely convicted of treason more than a century ago, to the rank of brigadier general on Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu signed the motion following a unanimous vote by the lower house of parliament in July.The Dreyfus Affair, which erupted in 1894, became one of France's most divisive political scandals. Dreyfus, a French Jewish artillery officer, was

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