Cherechedza ndima iri pasi apa uye wozopindura mubvunzo mushure mezvo mumutauro mumwechete sechikamu: Passage: Mhuri yaDreyfus, kunyanya mukoma wake Mathieu, vakaramba vaine chokwadi chekusava nemhosva kwake uye vakashanda nemutori wenhau Bernard Lazare kuti vazvipupurire. Muna Kurume 1896, Colonel Georges Picquart, mukuru wevasori, vakawana humbowo hwekuti mutengesi chaiye aive Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.
Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy