Exhibition part of center dedicated to Emile Zola, who famously defended the wrongfully accused Jewish captain over a century ago, in a trial that was profoundly impactful for Jews

Yael Perl-Ruiz rejects attempt to draw parallel with PM's corruption trial, which 'cheapens the symbolic significance' of the Dreyfus affair

Jewish French army captain convicted -- and later exonerated -- of spying for the Germans in late 19th Century; case famously exposed anti-Semitism in France at the time