Roger Godfrin
Roger Godfrin, born 4th August 1936, died 11th February 2001 and who was 7¾ at the time of the massacre. I believe that this picture was taken in 1945 at Oradour, but I do not have an exact date for it. See also group photograph. It is not obvious in this view, but at that time he had red hair. Roger became an Air Force cadet in the early 1950's. In 1988 he described his survival as, "Just fate, I did like the others did. Cleverer ones died in it. Its just destiny, nothing heroic at all."
Picture courtesy of Agence France Presse.
© Michael Williams: revised February 2004