Man leaves €2m to French village that hid his family from Nazis
by Agence France-Presse in Saint-Étienne from World news | The Guardian on (#5DG42)
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon inherits fortune, having sheltered Austrian Eric Schwam who fled during war
An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during the second world war has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years.
Eric Schwam, who died aged 90 on 25 December, wrote the surprise gift into his will for Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, located on a remote mountain plateau in south-east France that historically has a large Protestant community known for offering shelter to those in need.
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