Alfred Dreyfus, the French Jewish military officer who was falsely accused of treason in 1894 in France, has been posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general, AFP reported on Tuesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron and French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu signed the promotion into law on Monday, and it was published in the Journal Officiel de La République Fran ç aise , the government gazette of the French Republic, the next day.

The law is seen as an act of reparation for the notorious case that highlighted the rampant antisemitism of 19th-century Europe and a “symbolic step” in France’s fight against modern-day antisemitism in the country.

“Though symbolic and significantly late, the posthumous promotion of Alfred Dreyfus is a welcome gesture,” Daniel S. Ma

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