1. The Dreyfus affair (French: l'Affaire Dreyfus, pronounced [lafɛːʁ dʁɛfys]) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906

2. The Dreyfus Affair deeply divided France, not just over the fate of the man at its center but also over a range of issues, including politics, religion and national identity.