Robert Hébras
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Robert Hébras | |
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 Robert Hébras in 2008 | |
| Born | 29 June 1925 |
| Died | 11 February 2023 (aged 97) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Resistant |
| Known for | Survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre |
Robert Hébras (29 June 1925 – 11 February 2023) was one of only six people to survive the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre by Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS Das Reich Panzer Division on 10 June 1944.
He was born in Oradour-sur-Glane, the son of Jean, a tramway maintenance official and Marie, a seamstress.[1] Adolf Diekmann, the Waffen-SS officer who commanded the battalion that perpetrated the massacre, was killed in action in Normandy on 29 June 1944, coincidentally Hébras's 19th birthday.[2]
In 2014, he published a memoir, Avant que ma voix s’éteigne.[3] Hébras died on 11 February 2023, at the age of 97. He was the last living survivor from the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre.[4]
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Officer of the Legion of Honour (13 July 2010)[5]
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (9 June 2001)[6]
- Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (25 January 2022)[7]
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (30 November 2019)[8]
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2 June 2015)[9]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (February 26, 2023). "Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of a 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97". New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Diekmann, Adolf Otto - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
- ^ Hébras, Robert (2014). Avant que ma voix s’éteigne (in French). Montfort-l'Amaury: Elytel. ISBN 9782917182093.
- ^ "Robert Hébras, dernier survivant du massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Décret du 13 juillet 2010 portant promotion et nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-04-30..
- ^ "Décret du 11 avril 2001 portant promotion et nomination". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-04-30..
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2020 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-04-30..
- ^ Franck Petit (30 November 2019). "Les palmes académiques pour le dernier survivant d'Oradour-Sur-Glane". France 3. Retrieved 8 June 2020..
- ^ Pascal Coussy (20 September 2012). "Robert Hébras décoré par le consul d'Allemagne". France 3 Limousin. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
References
[edit]- Hébras, Robert (1992). Oradour-Sur-Glane, Le drame heure par heure [Oradour-Sur-Glane, The drama hour by hour] (in French). Editions C.M.D. ISBN 2-909826-00-7.
- Desourtreaux, André; Hébras, Robert (2003). Oradour/Glane, notre village assassiné [Oradour-Sur-Glane, our assassinated village] (in French). Chemins de la Memoire. ISBN 2-84702-003-9.
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- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- People from Haute-Vienne
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