Robert Hébras
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. 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.
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- Name
- Robert Hébras
- Born
- 29 June 1925
- Birthplace
- Oradour-sur-Glane, France
- Died
- 11 February 2023
- Place of death
- Saint-Junien, France
- Occupation
- Writer Resistant
- Known for
- Survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
- Full name
- Robert Roger Hébras.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award and European Citizens' Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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In 2014, he published a memoir, Avant que ma voix s’éteigne. Hébras died in 2023 at age 97. He was the last living survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. • Illustration — Granddaughter Delphine Hébras, 99-year-old Jean Serog, Robert Hébras, and Austria's ambassador in Paris, Hubert Heiss
The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the National Order of Merit and Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award.
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Robert Hébras was born in Oradour-sur-Glane, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Oradour-sur-Glane (Haute-Vienne). Robert Hébras died in Saint-Junien, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Saint-Junien (Haute-Vienne).
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• Name — Robert Hébras • Born — 29 June 1925 • Birthplace — Oradour-sur-Glane, France • Died — 11 February 2023 • Place of death — Saint-Junien, France • Occupation — Writer Resistant • Known for — Survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
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Robert Hébras (29 June 1925 – 11 February 2023) was a “Mechaniker” and resistance fighter. The birth of Robert Hébras is recorded on 29 June 1925, and the death on 11 February 2023.
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1925
Robert Hébras born at Oradour-sur-Glane.
2023
Robert Hébras died at Saint-Junien.
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Oradour-sur-Glane.
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Saint-Junien.
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• Officer of the Legion of Honour (13 July 2010) • Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (9 June 2001) • Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (25 January 2022) • Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (30 November 2019) • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2 June 2015)
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- 1.Genzlinger, Neil. Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of a 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97. New York Times. February 26, 2023. 0362-4331.
- 2.Diekmann, Adolf Otto - TracesOfWar.com. www.tracesofwar.com.
- 3.Hébras, Robert. Avant que ma voix s'éteigne. Elytel. 2014. 9782917182093.
- 4.Robert Hébras, dernier survivant du massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane, est mort. Le Monde. 11 February 2023.
- 5.Décret du 13 juillet 2010 portant promotion et nomination. legifrance.gouv.fr.
- 6.Décret du 11 avril 2001 portant promotion et nomination. legifrance.gouv.fr.
- 7.Décret du 31 décembre 2020 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite. legifrance.gouv.fr.
- 8.Franck Petit. Les palmes académiques pour le dernier survivant d'Oradour-Sur-Glane. France 3. 30 November 2019.
- 9.Pascal Coussy. Robert Hébras décoré par le consul d'Allemagne. France 3 Limousin. 20 September 2012.
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Robert Hébras was recorded at birth as Robert Roger Hébras. The authorities additionally record the heading Robert Hebras. His recorded language was French. Hébras received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award and European Citizens' Prize. Recorded as writer, resistance fighter and mechanic.
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