French village that sheltered Austrian man from Nazis inherits his fortune – Eric Schwam bequeaths over $2 million to Chambon-sur-Lignon, where he and his family hid in a school during World War II | Timesofisrael
SAINT-ÉTIENNE, France — An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during World War II has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years.
Faith Schames
Thank you for posting this! My mother-in-law (now 90) was hidden there as a child, and I’m sure she wouldn’t have stayed alive otherwise!