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.
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.
Awards and decorations 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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External links Interview with Robert Hébras