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January 13

13 / 01 / 1898

The French author Emile Zola published the letter "J'Accuse," in which he denounced the French government for covering up the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair. Zola, who was not Jewish, denounced the anti-Semitic sentiments in France, which were the reason why Dreyfus was unjustly accused of treason.

13 / 01 / 1778

Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid is born. A British Jewish leader, he worked to secure basic civil and political rights for the Jews of the country.

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