Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen

Maximilian Friedrich Wilhelm August Leopold von Schwartzkoppen (born 24 February 1850 in Potsdam - died 8 January 1917 in Berlin) was a Prussian military officer, and later a General. He is best known for his role in the Dreyfus Affair.

Dreyfus was convicted of treason in 1895; the key evidence was a "bordereau" supposedly in Dreyfus's handwriting sent to von Schwartzkoppen. In his role as military attaché, von Schwartzkoppen was receiving intelligence not from Dreyfus but from Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.