In 2015, Erich Schwam (1930-2020) wanted to meet the mayor of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Eliane Wauquiez, to discuss the possibility of leaving a legacy to the town. At the time, he lived in a small house in La Tour-de-Salvagny. As he had no children of his own, he wished to give his possessions to Le Chambon, without knowing their precise value, in order to ‘support the future of the children of ...