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Reich Today Compared with Dreyfus Case

July 15, 1935
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The Jewish situation in Germany today was compared with the Dreyfus case by Leonard Montefiore, President of the Anglo-Jewish Association.

Addressing a meeting of the Association, Mr. Montefiore declared that while Dreyfus was only one innocent victim of anti-Semitism, there are today a half-million such victims in the Reich.

“World conscience,” Mr. Montefiore said, “was shocked by the fate of Col. Dreyfus on Devil’s Island. But today, the conscience of the world seems to be hardened by the suffering of innocents. However, just as the outcome of the Dreyfus case brought relief, we

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