Émile Zola, informed in mid-November 1897 by Scheurer-Kestner with documents, was convinced of the innocence of Dreyfus and undertook to engage himself officially.
Émile Zola, informat la jumătatea lui noiembrie 1897 de Scheurer-Kestner despre dosar, era convins de nevinovăția lui Dreyfus și s-a angajat oficial.