C’EST DANS CET IMMEUBLE QUI ABRITAIT ALORS LES BUREAUX DU JOURNAL "L’AURORE"

QUE LE 12 JANVIER 1898
EMILE ZOLA

REMIT A
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU
REDACTEUR EN CHEF SA LETTRE
AU PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE
FELIX FAURE
DEMONTRANT L’INNOCENCE
D’ALFRED DREYFUS
ET PROCLAMANT:
"LA VERITE EST EN MARCHE ET RIEN NE L’ARRETERA."

LE TEXTE PARUT LE LENDEMAIN SOUS LE CELEBRE TITRE "J’ACCUSE "

In this place was located the editorial office of the newspaper "L’Aurore" and from there the writer Emile Zola sent through the editor and founder of the newspaper Georges Clemenceau (who later became the Prime Minister of France) his letter to the French President Felix Faure, in which he claims that the Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus who was accused of treason is innocent a crime
This letter was published the next day in the newspaper under the title "I accuse"

The building was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Next to the building is another sign from the "History of Paris" series describing the "Press Quarter" Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
IT IS IN THIS BUILDING WHICH HOUSED THE OFFICES OF THE NEWSPAPER “L’AURORE”

ON JANUARY 12, 1898
EMILE ZOLA

REMIT TO
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU
EDITOR IN CHIEF HIS LETTER
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
FELIX FAURE
DEMONSTRATING INNOCENCE
BY ALFRED DREYFUS
AND PROCLAMING:
“THE TRUTH IS ON THE MOVE AND NOTHING WILL STOP IT.”

THE TEXT APPEARED THE NEXT DAY UNDER THE FAMOUS TITLE “J’ACCUSE”