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In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French Army, was falsely accused of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island, a notorious penal colony in French Guiana. His published prison diary, Five Years of My Life, is a riveting account of his fight for survival amidst torturous conditions, isolation and deprivation. Back in Paris, his wife Lucie was battling her own war, protecting their children from the surge of anti-Semitism, and tirelessly working to clear Alfreds name. This podcast includes heart-wrenching excerpts from their letters, a testament to their ...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: A Stellar Career in Comedy and DramaJulia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus was born on January 13, 1961, in New York City. She grew up in an affluent family; her father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, chaired the Louis Dreyfus Company, a global commodities and shipping conglomerate. Julia's parents divorced when she was young, and she spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., and New York. She attended the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, and later Northwestern University, where she was involved in the improv group The Mee-Ow Show. She left college early to pursue her ...

Le 15 octobre 1894, le capitaine Dreyfus est arrêté pour haute trahison. Suivront 12 années de quête effrénée pour découvrir la vérité, qui vont bouleverser toute la société française.Revivez l’Affaire Dreyfus avec ses multiples rebondissements et ses personnages hors du commun, à l’occasion de la sortie du film "J’accuse" de Roman Polanski avec Jean Dujardin et Louis Garrel dès le 13 novembre au cinéma. Textes écrits par Alain Pagès et racontés par Véronique Lechat - Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola et Jean Jaurès interprétés par Paul Bouffartigue - La voix d'Alfred...