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Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Maler und Journalist.

Zola gilt als einer der großen französischen Romanciers des 19. Jahrhunderts und als Leitfigur und Begründer der gesamteuropäischen literarischen Strömung des Naturalismus. Zugleich war er ein sehr aktiver Journalist, der sich auf einer gemäßigt linken Position am politischen Leben beteiligte.

Sein Artikel J’accuse …! spielte eine Schlüsselrolle in der Dreyfus-Affäre, die Frankreich jahrelang in Atem hielt, und trug entscheidend zur späteren Rehabilitierung des fälschlich wegen Landesverrats verurteilten Offiziers Alfred Dreyfus bei. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. April 1840 – 29. September 1902
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Emile Zola Berühmte Zitate

„Sünde sollte etwas Erlesenes sein, mein lieber Junge.“

Emile Zola

„Wenn du mich fragst, was ich auf dieser Welt zu tun habe, werde ich dir als Künstler antworten: Ich bin hier, um laut zu leben!“

Emile Zola

„Ich kümmere mich wenig um Schönheit oder Perfektion. Die großen Jahrhunderte interessieren mich nicht. Alles, was mich interessiert, ist Leben, Kampf, Intensität. Ich fühle mich wohl in meiner Generation.“

Emile Zola

„Ich sterbe lieber aus Leidenschaft als aus Langeweile.“

Emile Zola

„Der Arbeiter ist auf die Straße, aufs Pflaster geworfen … Das macht die Arbeitslosigkeit, die schreckliche Arbeitslosigkeit, die in den Mansarden die Totenglocke läutet. Panik hat alle Industrie zum Stillstand gebracht, und das Geld, das feige Geld, hat sich versteckt.“

Emile Zola

Arbeitslos

„Ein Kunstwerk ist ein Stück Natur, gesehen durch ein Temperament.“

Emile Zola buch Mes haines

Was ich nicht leiden mag
"Une oeuvre d'art est un coin de la cráation vu à travers un témperament" - Mes Haines, books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=wBjfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164&dq=coin

Emile Zola Zitate und Sprüche

„Wenn es kein Brot gibt für alle, macht man keine Kinder mehr, und die Nation verreckt!“

Emile Zola buch Die Erde

Die Erde. Übersetzt von Hans Balzer. Berlin: Rütten & Loening, 1973. S. 164
"Quand il n'y a pas de pain pour tous, on ne fait plus d'enfants, et la nation crève !" - https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Emile_Zola_-_La_Terre.djvu/149

Über Kinder

„La vérité est en marche et rien ne l'arrêtera.“

Emile Zola

Die Wahrheit ist im Anmarsch und nichts wird sie aufhalten.) - J'accuse (Ich klage an)

Märchen

„Wenn man die Wahrheit verschließt und in den Boden vergräbt, dann wird sie nur wachsen und so viel explosive Kraft ansammeln, dass sie an dem Tag, an dem sie durchbricht, alles, was ihr im Wege steht, fortfegt.“

Emile Zola J’accuse

In seinem Offenen Brief "J'Accuse", veröffentlicht in der Zeitung L'Aurore vom 13. Januar 1898

Über Wahrheit

„Die Wahrheit ist im Anmarsch und nichts wird sie aufhalten. […] Wenn man die Wahrheit verschließt und in den Boden vergräbt, dann wird sie nur wachsen und so viel explosive Kraft ansammeln, dass sie an dem Tag, an dem sie durchbricht, alles, was ihr im Wege steht, fortfegt.“

Emile Zola J’accuse

"J'Accuse", veröffentlicht in der Zeitung L'Aurore vom 13. Januar 1898
"La vérité est en marche et rien ne l'arrêtera. [...] Quand on enferme la vérité sous terre, elle s’y amasse, elle y prend une force telle d’explosion, que, le jour où elle éclate, elle fait tout sauter avec elle." - https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/J%E2%80%99accuse%E2%80%A6!

Über Wahrheit

Emile Zola: Zitate auf Englisch

“The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.”

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Quelle: The Masterpiece

“I repeat with the most vehement conviction: truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it. Today is only the beginning, for it is only today that the positions have become clear: on one side, those who are guilty, who do not want the light to shine forth, on the other, those who seek justice and who will give their lives to attain it. I said it before and I repeat it now: when truth is buried underground, it grows and it builds up so much force that the day it explodes it blasts everything with it. We shall see whether we have been setting ourselves up for the most resounding of disasters, yet to come.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)
Kontext: These military tribunals have, decidedly, a most singular idea of justice.
This is the plain truth, Mr. President, and it is terrifying. It will leave an indelible stain on your presidency. I realise that you have no power over this case, that you are limited by the Constitution and your entourage. You have, nonetheless, your duty as a man, which you will recognise and fulfill. As for myself, I have not despaired in the least, of the triumph of right. I repeat with the most vehement conviction: truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it. Today is only the beginning, for it is only today that the positions have become clear: on one side, those who are guilty, who do not want the light to shine forth, on the other, those who seek justice and who will give their lives to attain it. I said it before and I repeat it now: when truth is buried underground, it grows and it builds up so much force that the day it explodes it blasts everything with it. We shall see whether we have been setting ourselves up for the most resounding of disasters, yet to come.

“They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist.”

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Emile Zola buch Thérèse Raquin

Quelle: Thérèse Raquin

“Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!”

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Quelle: The Masterpiece

“Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!”

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“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”

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Emile Zola buch La Joie de vivre

Quelle: The Joy of Life

“Sir,
Would you allow me, grateful as I am for the kind reception you once extended to me, to show my concern about maintaining your well-deserved prestige and to point out that your star which, until now, has shone so brightly, risks being dimmed by the most shameful and indelible of stains?”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“The truth, first of all, about Dreyfus' trial and conviction: At the root of it all is one evil man, Lt. Colonel du Paty de Clam, who was at the time a mere Major. He is the entire Dreyfus case, and the entirety of it will only come to light when an honest enquiry firmly establishes his actions and responsibilities. … Nobody would ever believe the experiments to which he subjected the unfortunate Dreyfus, the traps he set for him, the wild investigations, the monstrous fantasies, the whole demented torture.
Ah, that first trial! What a nightmare it is for all who know it in its true details. Major du Paty de Clam had Dreyfus arrested and placed in solitary confinement. He ran to Mme Dreyfus, terrorised her, telling her that, if she talked, that was it for her husband. Meanwhile, the unfortunate Dreyfus was tearing his hair out and proclaiming his innocence.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“It is said that within the council chamber the judges were naturally leaning toward acquittal. It becomes clear why, at that point, as justification for the verdict, it became vitally important to turn up some damning evidence, a secret document that, like God, could not be shown, but which explained everything, and was invisible, unknowable, and incontrovertible. I deny the existence of that document…. a document concerning national defense that could not be produced without sparking an immediate declaration of war tomorrow? No! No! It is a lie, all the more odious and cynical in that its perpetrators are getting off free without even admitting it. They stirred up all of France, they hid behind the understandable commotion they had set off, they sealed their lips while troubling our hearts and perverting our spirit. I know of no greater crime against the state.”

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J'accuse! (1898)

“Paris flared — Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.”

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Emile Zola buch Paris

Paris (1898) Last of Les Trois Villes [The Three Cities] trilogy.

“Everything is only a dream.”

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Le Rêve [The Dream] (1888).

“It is a crime that those people who wish to see a generous France take her place as leader of all the free and just nations are being accused of fomenting turmoil in the country, denounced by the very plotters who are conniving so shamelessly to foist this miscarriage of justice on the entire world. It is a crime to lie to the public, to twist public opinion to insane lengths in the service of the vilest death-dealing machinations. It is a crime to poison the minds of the meek and the humble, to stoke the passions of reactionism and intolerance, by appealing to that odious anti-Semitism that, unchecked, will destroy the freedom-loving France of the Rights of Man. It is a crime to exploit patriotism in the service of hatred, and it is, finally, a crime to ensconce the sword as the modern god, whereas all science is toiling to achieve the coming era of truth and justice.
Truth and justice, so ardently longed for! How terrible it is to see them trampled, unrecognized and ignored!”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“Feelings were running high, for the conviction of Esterhazy would inevitably lead to a retrial of Dreyfus, an eventuality that the General Staff wanted at all cost to avoid.
This must have led to a brief moment of psychological anguish. Note that, so far, General Billot was in no way compromised. Newly appointed to his position, he had the authority to bring out the truth. He did not dare, no doubt in terror of public opinion, certainly for fear of implicating the whole General Staff, General de Boisdeffre, and General Gonse, not to mention the subordinates. So he hesitated for a brief moment of struggle between his conscience and what he believed to be the interest of the military. Once that moment passed, it was already too late. He had committed himself and he was compromised. From that point on, his responsibility only grew, he took on the crimes of others, he became as guilty as they, if not more so, for he was in a position to bring about justice and did nothing. Can you understand this: for the last year General Billot, Generals Gonse and de Boisdeffre have known that Dreyfus is innocent, and they have kept this terrible knowledge to themselves?”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“Existence is so bitter for every one of us! Ought we not forgive others much, my friend, if we wish to be forgiven ourselves?”

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Emile Zola buch Nana

Nana (1880).

“The Esterhazy affair, thus, Mr. President, comes down to this: a guilty man is being passed off as innocent. For almost two months we have been following this nasty business hour by hour. I am being brief, for this is but the abridged version of a story whose sordid pages will some day be written out in full.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.”

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Le Figaro (1881) as quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999) by Elizabeth Knowles and Angela Partington, p. 840.

“How could anyone expect a court martial to undo what another court martial had done?
I am not even talking about the way the judges were hand-picked. Doesn't the overriding idea of discipline, which is the lifeblood of these soldiers, itself undercut their capacity for fairness? Discipline means obedience. When the Minister of War, the commander in chief, proclaims, in public and to the acclamation of the nation's representatives, the absolute authority of a previous verdict, how can you expect a court martial to rule against him?”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“But this letter is long, Sir, and it is time to conclude it.
I accuse Lt. Col. du Paty de Clam of being the diabolical creator of this miscarriage of justice — unwittingly, I would like to believe — and of defending this sorry deed, over the last three years, by all manner of ludricrous and evil machinations.
I accuse General Mercier of complicity, at least by mental weakness, in one of the greatest inequities of the century.
I accuse General Billot of having held in his hands absolute proof of Dreyfus’s innocence and covering it up, and making himself guilty of this crime against mankind and justice, as a political expedient and a way for the compromised General Staff to save face.
I accuse Gen. de Boisdeffre and Gen. Gonse of complicity in the same crime, the former, no doubt, out of religious prejudice, the latter perhaps out of that esprit de corps that has transformed the War Office into an unassailable holy ark.
I accuse Gen. de Pellieux and Major Ravary of conducting a villainous enquiry, by which I mean a monstrously biased one, as attested by the latter in a report that is an imperishable monument to naïve impudence.
I accuse the three handwriting experts, Messrs. Belhomme, Varinard and Couard, of submitting reports that were deceitful and fraudulent, unless a medical examination finds them to be suffering from a condition that impairs their eyesight and judgement.
I accuse the War Office of using the press, particularly L’Eclair and L’Echo de Paris, to conduct an abominable campaign to mislead the general public and cover up their own wrongdoing.
Finally, I accuse the first court martial of violating the law by convicting the accused on the basis of a document that was kept secret, and I accuse the second court martial of covering up this illegality, on orders, thus committing the judicial crime of knowingly acquitting a guilty man.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“I would like to point out how this travesty was made possible, how it sprang out of the machinations of Major du Paty de Clam, how Generals Mercier, de Boisdeffre and Gonse became so ensnared in this falsehood that they would later feel compelled to impose it as holy and indisputable truth. Having set it all in motion merely by carelessness and lack of intelligence, they seem at worst to have given in to the religious bias of their milieu and the prejudices of their class. In the end, they allowed stupidity to prevail.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“And now we come to the Esterhazy case. Three years have passed, many consciences remain profoundly troubled, become anxious, investigate, and wind up convinced that Dreyfus is innocent.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“We are told of the honor of the army; we are supposed to love and respect it. Ah, yes, of course, an army that would rise to the first threat, that would defend French soil, that army is the nation itself, and for that army we have nothing but devotion and respect. But this is not about that army, whose dignity we are seeking, in our cry for justice. What is at stake is the sword, the master that will one day, perhaps, be forced upon us. Bow and scrape before that sword, that god? No!”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

“Ah, what a cesspool of folly and foolishness, what preposterous fantasies, what corrupt police tactics, what inquisitorial, tyrannical practices! What petty whims of a few higher-ups trampling the nation under their boots, ramming back down their throats the people's cries for truth and justice, with the travesty of state security as a pretext.”

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Emile Zola J’accuse

J'accuse! (1898)

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