An exhibition by the Moses Mendelssohn Foundation in the Max Samuel House
June 5 to August 29, opening on June 5 at 6 p.m.
Tuesday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm and by appointment
4 € admission (up to 18 years, free with AStA-Kulturticket and Warnowpass holder)
Guided tours of the exhibition (also by appointment): 17.06. 03.07. 24.07. 14.08. each at 5 pm € 7 admission (up to 18 years, free with AStA culture ticket and Warnowpass holder)
With the exclamation "J'Accuse ...! - "I accuse ...!" began one of the most famous open letters in European history. Written on January 13, 1898 by the French intellectual Émile Zola and addressed to the French president, these lines heralded a turning point in the "Dreyfus Affair".
Four years earlier, the Jewish captain Alfred Dreyfus had been wrongly accused of treason and sentenced to life-long exile on Devil's Island. The real spy had been acquitted a few days earlier, as the general staff, the military judiciary and the conservative press had falsified evidence and knowingly spread lies.
To this day, the Dreyfus affair is synonymous with political radicalism and anti-Semitic propaganda. The Moses Mendelssohn Foundation's exhibition uses historical documents to trace the course of the affair. It also takes a look at the contemporary Mecklenburg press: How is the Dreyfus affair portrayed in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin?
