Jewish man leaves his fortune to French village that saved him and his family from Nazi death camps Jan 31, 2021, 06:22 PM
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A French village has inherited a large amount of money from a Jewish man they sheltered during WWII.
Eric Schwam, who died last year, was hidden in a school in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during the war.
The village s former mayor says that Schwam left them about two million euros (R36m),
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An Austrian Jew has left his fortune to a French village that hid his family from Nazi persecution, reported the BBC.
When he died in December last year, Eric Schwam, who was 90-years-old, bequeathed a substantial sum to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon - a small town of about 2,500 people in the south of France.
Austrian Jew Leaves Fortune to French Town that Saved His Life
Eric Schwam was one of over 3,000 Jews saved by the residents in one small French town.
When Vienna-born Jew Eric Schwam recently passed away at the age of 90, he left an unusual bequest. He left the small fortune he’d managed to save up in a lifetime working in the pharmaceutical field to Le Chambon sur Lignon, a town of fewer than 2,500 people in southeastern France. Eighty years ago, the residents of Le Chambon sur Lignon saved the life of Mr. Schwam as well as thousands of other Jewish refugees during the darkest days of the Holocaust.
Jewish refugee who fled Nazis with his family from Austria during World War II leaves two million euros in his will to French village whose residents hid them from persecution
Eric Schwam was a Jewish refugee who arrived in Chambon-sur-Lignon, southeast France, with his parents and maternal grandmother in February 1943
Schwam, who died aged 90 in December, is believed to have left around two million euros to the village
He bequeathed the fortune in gratitude for the residents hiding them from Nazis
Eric Schwam, his parents and grandmother arrived in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small French village known for providing refuge since the 17th century— when it helped Huguenots escaping religious persecution—in. World News Summaries. | .more
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