The Society
The Affair
Projects
The History
Principal Characters
Bibliography
Contact Us
Home Page





 
   
 

The Dreyfus Society was inaugurated in Bonn in 1993 under the name of Dreyfus Gesellschaft für Menschenrecht und aktive Toleranz e.V. (English affiliate The Dreyfus Society of Human Rights) under the presidency of Dr. Barthold C. Witte and a Committee of distinguished historians, theologians and artists.

A non-profit making organization of charitable status, its defined objectives were to participate in


appropriate projects during the Dreyfus Centenary and, as its long term policy, to establish a platform dedicated to cultural projects combating antisemitism and racism.

ACTIVITIES OF THE DREYFUS SOCIETY

The Dreyfus Society supports and seeks support for cultural, academic and educational projects relating to the Dreyfus Affair and Human Rights and the prevention of antisemitism and racism. The Society acts as a catalyst in the co-operation of partners in the pursuance of such projects, particularly in the fields of the performing arts, and in publications relating to them. Such co-operation may take the form of co-productions, joint exhibitions, the exchange and enlargement of collections, information for international archives and libraries and other sources of advanced knowledge, and the dissemination of the above through the Internet and other media.

CO-OPERATION

Since its inception the Society has participated and encouraged a number of projects and has been privileged to co-operate with numerous international organisations such as Inter Nationes Bonn, The Moses Mendelsohn Zentrum Potsdam; Evangelische Akademie Arnoldshain;The National Association of Jewish Students in Germany; the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper der Stadt Bonn, Theater Basel, New York City Opera. These projects have been further recognised by the Goethe Institute New York, National TV and Radio Channels in Germany, France, UK, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Canada, Slovenia and Switzerland. They have also led to numerous presentations, lectures and debates held by the Guggenheim Museum New York, Memoire 2000 Paris, Barnes & Noble New York, Jewish Book Week London, Institut Français London, and others.