Ceremonies and seminars are planned in Paris and in the provinces. A ceremony will be held on a square near Montparnasse in Paris which features a statue of Captain Alfred Dreyfus created by the sculptor Tim. Another ceremony at the Paris’s Military Academy and several seminars in Montreuil, Mulhouse, Paris and Rennes are also scheduled.
The Union of French Jews and their friends (U.F.J.A.), a member of the World Federation of French-speaking Jews has contacted 220 town halls to suggest opening streets named in memory of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Some towns (Le Blanc Mesnil, Béziers, Bourges, Brest, Montreuil-sous-Bois, Nîmes) have already committed to the U.F.J.A. project, while others (Alençon, Arles, Boulogne-Billancourt, Cholet, Colmar, Compiègne, Mayenne, Quimper, Rochefort, Saint-Etienne, Saint Jean d’Angély, Verdun, Villeneuve-sur-Lot) have agreed to review it. All these towns already have a street named after Emile Zola, the French writer who published the famous article "J'Accuse" in support of Dreyfus. The project has been strongly encouraged by Marc Knobel, on behalf of the CRIF which has communicated to the U.F.J.A all its historical research on the rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus and its study on the problems previously encountered in naming streets after Dreyfus.
Finally, another piece of good news: a postage stamp will be issued in 2006 bearing a portrait of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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