A statue honoring French army captain Alfred Dreyfus arrived at its new permanent home in Paris on Sunday, 120 years after his sentence for treason was overturned.

The 3.5-meter (12-foot) bronze sculpture of Dreyfus, wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, in a notorious act of antisemitism, now stands outside the Court of Cassation in Paris, the court that overturned the Jewish army captain’s conviction on July 12, 1906.

Its unveiling on July 12 coincided with France’s national day of commemoration for Dreyfus, established by President Emmanuel Macron last year.

“We know that the old demons of antisemitism have never completely disappeared from our country,″ the French president said at Sunday’s ceremony, calling for constant vigilance to prevent acts that ″target people because of who they are.″

Dreyfus’ 99-year-old grandson Charles was among those in attendance.

“I must sadly admit that I would not have imagined, at my age, seeing antisemitism resurface with such virulence in our country,″ Charles Dreyfus said.

His sorrow, however, was tempered by what he called ″the deep joy″ at seeing his grandfather’s statue erected outside the Palace of Justice,........

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