TIL George Picquart, an anti-semitic French army officer, helped to convict fellow officer Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew, of treason. Subsequently promoted to lead the secret intelligence service, he then discovered and exposed the conspiracy that had framed Dreyfus, eventually toppling the government.

TIL George Picquart, an anti-semitic French army officer, helped to convict fellow officer Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew, of treason. Subsequently promoted to lead the secret intelligence service, he then discovered and exposed the conspiracy that had framed Dreyfus, eventually toppling the government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Picquart optiongeek February 21, 2022 at 11:42AM