The Dreyfus family-of Alsatian Jewish origin, consists of actors Julia Lois-Dreyfus; Richard Dreyfuss, and French actress (coincidentally named) Julie Dreyfus; as some of the family’s famous and well-known members.

These 3 actors are descended from the branch of Alfred Dreyfus.

The Dreyfus family is also known more than anything else for founding the Louis Dreyfus Group in 1851.

Other members of the Dreyfus family include Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, American actress Julia’s father Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, Louis Louis-Dreyfus, Jean Louis-Dreyfus, Francois Louis-Dreyfus; and American actress Julia’s half-sisters Phoebe Émilie Dominique Louis-Dreyfus Eavis and Emma R. Louis-Dreyfus.

As the Alsace region in France is on the German border, many Alsatians have German given names and surnames instead of French names, the Alsace is referred to by many as being “France with a German accent”, the Alsace, since antiquity-has been land that has been fought over territorial disputes by France and Germany, and at various times, was a part of either country; the German name for the region is Elsass, and many Alsatians were pressed into service by the Nazis to fight in the Nazi German military without any approval by the French government; it shouldn’t be any surprise that the name Dreyfus is German sounding and isn’t French sounding.

The Nazis had built the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in the Alsace, and some of the prisoners of war in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp were British, American, and French spies and special service agents. The Nazis had even destroyed all documentation of having captured, imprisoned, and killed these British, American, and French spies to make it look like these human beings were never killed nor have they ever existed on this planet. This was especially evident when British military officers, after the war; had dug up Nazi documents trying to find out what had ever happened to their special service agents.

An Alsatian who had fought with the Nazis and had been brought to trail by the French at the end of WWII, had testified that he did not want to fight with the Nazis, but was forced to do so because the alternative would have been that the Nazis would have otherwise killed him should he have refused to serve with the Nazi military. Again, many Alsatians were pressed into service by the Nazi military, and they didn’t have any choice in the matter.