A Jewish pharmacist Erich Schwam bequeaths his fortune to Chambon sur Lignon, village of the Righteous
A Jewish pharmacist Erich Schwam bequeaths his fortune to Chambon sur Lignon, village of the Righteous
A Jewish pharmacist Erich Schwam bequeaths his fortune to Chambon sur Lignon, village of the Righteous
In the Upper Loire, the village of Chambon-sur-Lignon, village of the Righteous received an unexpected donation of two million euros, It is a pharmacist Erich Schwam, of Austrian Jewish origin, Died at the end of December at 90 years in Lyon without descendants who bequeathed his inheritance to the commune which hid him when he was a child during the Second World War. Interview with Denise VALLAT, Deputy Mayor, about the story of Eric SCHWAM and the family who hid it without ever revealing anything, a tradition of the Protestant faith fleeing persecution during the religious wars in France.
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File : 1939-1945: the Righteous
Publication date : 5 February 2021
Reference:I22153502
Credits:Journalist : Guery, Anne