Editing Dreyfus affair (section)

=== Commission of sculpture ===
[[File:Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme - La statue d'Alfred Dreyfus dans la cour d'honneur de l'Hôtel Saint-Aignan © Sylvain Sonnet.jpg|thumb|right|The statue of Captain Dreyfus in the courtyard of the [[Hôtel de Saint-Aignan]], home of the [[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme]]]]
In 1985, President [[François Mitterrand]] commissioned a statue of Dreyfus by sculptor Louis Mitelberg. It was to be installed at the [[École Militaire]] but the Minister of Defense [[Charles Hernu]] refused to display it there.<ref name="statue-lat">{{cite news |title=Statue Needs a Home: The Dreyfus Affair – It Never Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-30-mn-8521-story.html |access-date=13 March 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 October 1986 }}</ref> Hernu claimed that this was because the École Militaire is not open to the public, but it was widely believed that this was done to avoid provoking the army.<ref name="statue-ap">{{cite news |title=A Century Later, Statue Pays Homage to Dreyfus and Splits French |url=https://apnews.com/3c667e48837297334e1dba94cd589f5c |access-date=13 March 2019 |work=AP |date=10 June 1988}}</ref><ref name="statue-jta">{{cite news |title=French Ministers Divided on Site for Statue Honoring Alfred Dreyfus |url=https://www.jta.org/1985/08/06/archive/french-ministers-divided-on-site-for-statue-honoring-alfred-dreyfus |access-date=13 March 2019 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=6 August 1985}}</ref> Mitterrand did not override his minister and the statue was instead installed at Boulevard Raspail, No. 116–118 at the exit of the Notre-Dame-des-Champs metro station, where it can be found today. A replica is located at the entrance of Paris's [[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme|Museum of Jewish Art and History]], which houses the ''Fonds Alfred Dreyfus'' of over 2500 historical documents donated by the grandchildren of Captain Dreyfus.<ref name="Fonds Alfred Dreyfus 2021">{{cite web |title=Fonds Alfred Dreyfus, France |website=Musée d&#039;Art et d&#039;Histoire du Judaïsme |date=2021-12-23 |url=https://www.mahj.org/en/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/fonds-alfred-dreyfus-29858 |access-date=2024-11-10}}</ref>