Edmonton Sun | 05Oct2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/letters/2010/10/04/15580136.html
Dreyfus, father and son
Jews won more Iron Crosses in the kaiser’s army than did the greater
German Christian population,” writes Michael Coren. No less impressive
was the case of Alfred Dreyfus, who fought on the French side. Dreyfus
had endured years of anti-Semitic persecution-by-prosecution as an
alleged German spy, even serving jail time in France’s notorious prison
colony on Devil’s Island in the prewar period, before being fully
exonerated. Nonetheless, he served France with bravery and distinction
throughout the First World War, receiving honours and promotions. His
son, Pierre, who also served in the French Army throughout the entire
war, received the prestigious Croix de Guerre.
Orest Slepokura
(Heck of a family.)