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How did Georges Clemenceau’s opinion of Alfred Dreyfus change?

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Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression. — Georges Clemenceau Georges Clemenceau.

Initially, Georges Clemenceau assumed that the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus was guilty of selling military secrets to Germany. However, after becoming convinced of Dreyfus’s innocence, Clemenceau waged an eight-year campaign (1897–1905) in his newspapers, La Justice and L’Aurore, to defend him. This advocacy for justice during the Dreyfus affair helped restore Clemenceau’s standing among his fellow republicans and paved the way for his return to political prominence as a senator.1