Dreyfus Affair board game poster

This poster was published in 1898 by the Dreyfusards, a group campaigning for Captain Dreyfus’ exoneration. In that same year, Émile Zola also published his famous article ‘J’Accuse...!’ and the Dreyfusards sought a retrial. The poster takes the shape of a typical board game (game of the goose) where players advance by throwing the dice. The winner is the first to reach the final space on the board, bearing the word ‘Truth’. The players pass through all the stages and characters in the Dreyfus Affair. The rules of the game are explained in detail on the print, which probably means that the game was actually intended to be played, as well as to disseminate Dreyfusard views among the general public. One of the corners of the poster displays broken human rights tables. The human rights movement in Europe was fuelled by the Dreyfus Affair, resulting, among other things, in the establishment of the League for Human Rights. This started in France in 1898, the same year this board game poster was published, and soon became an international movement.