Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen

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Maximilian Friedrich Wilhelm August Leopold von Schwartzkoppen (born 24 February 1850 in Potsdam - died 8 January 1917 in Berlin) was a Prussian military officer, and later a General. He is best known for his role in the Dreyfus Affair.

Dreyfus was convicted of treason in 1895; the key evidence was a "bordereau" supposedly in Dreyfus's handwriting sent to von Schwartzkoppen. In his role as military attaché, von Schwartzkoppen was receiving intelligence not from Dreyfus but from Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Harris (17 January 2014). "The Whistle-Blower Who Freed Dreyfus". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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