Robert Hébras was one of only six people to survive the massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane in France by Nazis, he was shielded by dead bodies as the Nazis killed 643 people. He later published a memoir, Avant que ma voix s’éteigne in 2014. Hébras was 19 in 1944 when the Second SS Panzer Division called Das Reich ordered the residents of a small village in France called Oradour-sur-Glane to gather. Men were herded into barns and shot, then the barns were set on fire and women and children were confine... moreRobert Hébras was one of only six people to survive the massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane in France by Nazis, he was shielded by dead bodies as the Nazis killed 643 people. He later published a memoir, Avant que ma voix s’éteigne in 2014. Hébras was 19 in 1944 when the Second SS Panzer Division called Das Reich ordered the residents of a small village in France called Oradour-sur-Glane to gather. Men were herded into barns and shot, then the barns were set on fire and women and children were confined in a church, and they threw grenades into the building and burned it. After Hebras and a few other survived he rarely spoke about it for decades but testified in 1953 at the trial of 21 men accused of participating in the killing. Over time Hébras started speaking out more and even wrote a book it. He was a recipient of several awards for his efforts to ensure the memory of massacre live on like the Legion of Honour in July 2010 and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2001.
