France this week promoted Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general as an act of reparation in a notorious case of antisemitism that has caused outrage for generations.

The move is seen as a symbolic step in the fight against antisemitism in modern France, at a time of growing alarm over hate crimes targeting Jews in the country in the context of the Gaza war.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu signed the promotion into law on Monday, and it was published in the so-called Official Journal of new legislation on Tuesday.

Parliament’s lower house unanimously approved the legislation in June, and the Senate backed it earlier this month.

KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Yael Perl-Ruiz  , the great grand-daughter of Alfred Dreyfus.

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