{"id":9403,"date":"2018-06-26T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T12:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/robert-hebras-dernier-survivant-oradour-sur-glane\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:46:34","slug":"robert-hebras-oradour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/robert-hebras-oradour\/","title":{"rendered":"24 hours with Robert H\u00e9bras, the last survivor of the Oradour massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9403\" class=\"elementor elementor-9403 elementor-8113 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b94efdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b94efdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-654de267\" data-id=\"654de267\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d80ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52d80ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">&#8220;The truth is what I lived&#8221;<br \/><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f94b216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f94b216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Oradour-sur-Glane, on 10th June 1944, 642 people, most of them women and children, lost their lives under German fire. Robert Hebras is the last voice of the survivors (5 men in the barns and 1 woman in the church). His story of the drama, told in the first person, is the only truth about Oradour. We should always use his words and the peaceful way in which he delivers them, as a starting point from which to continue the slow, patient and courageous work of remembering Oradour. &#8220;The truth is what I lived,&#8221; recalls Robert Hebras, who was 19 when soldiers from the Das Reich division set fire to his village. In Lourdes, Robert Hebras gave his testimony at the opening celebration of the 16th pilgrimage-meeting of veterans, on 22nd June 2018, in the Basilica of St. Pius X. That same day, he also told his story at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s in Lourdes. The most moving part was the closing vigil of the veterans\u2019 pilgrimage on Rosary Square in the Sanctuary: after a rendition of the song Oradour composed especially for the occasion by David Ola\u00efzola, Robert Hebras took the floor to say that, from Heaven, his mother and two sisters, who died at Oradour during the massacre, &#8220;would be happy&#8221; to see them here in Lourdes paying such a &#8220;fine tribute to the 642 of Oradour&#8221;, the 642 victims. On this evening of 25th June 2018, we witnessed a page of the History of Lourdes being written.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c582ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7c582ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=nzad1adLH9k&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e5114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e8e5114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=0i9cRhUP2-w&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The truth is what I lived&#8221; In Oradour-sur-Glane, on 10th June 1944, 642 people, most of them women and children, lost their lives under German fire. 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