du Paty de Clam, was appointed Commissioner-General for Jewish Affairs under the Vichy government between February and May 1944, mainly because his father had been Alfred Dreyfus's accuser. Personality Du Paty is described by a contemporary as having a pretentious manner, being abrupt in speech and given to mechanical gestures. He was fluent in German and a cultivated lover of German music. He was a social acquaintance of the German military attaché Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen who referred to him as "having a touch of the blundering and erratic" which made him unsuited to the role required of him as a senior officer of the General Staff. A polyglot and devout Catholic, he also privately enjoyed transvestism, among other hobbies. References 1853 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholics 20th-century Roman Catholics French Army officers French graphologists French military personnel killed in World War I French Roman Catholics Male-to-female cross-dressers Military history of France People associated with the Dreyfus affair Military personnel from Paris Recipients of the Legion of Honour