🇫🇷 The Glitched Gavel S01E11: The Republic vs. The Officer (The First Trial of Alfred Dreyfus)

Gavel (The Narrator/Prosecutor): "Paris, 1894. It was the moment that split France in two. Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer, was accused of passing military secrets to Germany. His swift court-martial was shrouded in a toxic fog of secrecy and rampant antisemitism, resulting in a devastating conviction for treason. This week, we examine the initial, corrupted record of a case that became a national trauma." (The sound of heavy official seals being stamped rapidly is heard, followed by a brief, high-frequency radio jam.)

Static (The Analyst/Defense): "Dreyfus’s conviction was based entirely on a secret 'dossier'—a collection of documents presented only ...