Charles Ehrmann shared his life between two great passions: teaching and political action.
A teacher at Masséna High School for nearly forty years, he educated generations of people from Nice, guided them in their maturity, and made them both responsible individuals and citizens.
A witness to a century of French and Niçois history, he lived through terrible episodes, such as the incident involving a group of his students who were arrested and then murdered by the occupiers in June 1944 at Saint-Julien-du-Verdon.
Coming himself from a family of Alsatians who chose France in 1871, inconsolable over the death of a beloved father during the First World War, Charles Ehrmann carried the tragedies of the last two centuries of France in his memory.
An actor in political life, municipal councilor of Nice and deputy mayor (1965-1983), general councilor of Alpes-Maritimes (1973-2001), and deputy of the 1st constituency of Alpes-Maritimes (1976-1981 then 1986-2002), he left his mark on our entire city’s landscape through the creation of numerous sports facilities, of which I will mention only the most significant: the sports complex in the Var plain, which was named after him in 1983, and the Jean-Bouin sports complex.
Starting today, in tribute to his actions, the City of Nice is keeping open a condolence book in the Honor Courtyard of the City Hall, available to all those who wish to honor his memory.
