# Camille Senon

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**Camille Senon** (kamil sənɔ̃; 5 June 1925 – 2 October 2025) was a French [resistance](/source/French_Resistance) fighter and trade unionist.[1]

## Life and career

Born in [Oradour-sur-Glane](/source/Oradour-sur-Glane) on 5 June 1925, Senon was the daughter of Martial Senon, a farmer and [World War I](/source/World_War_I) soldier killed in the [Oradour-sur-Glane massacre](/source/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre) on 10 June 1944.[2] In that event, the [2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich](/source/2nd_SS_Panzer_Division_Das_Reich) led by [Adolf Diekmann](/source/Adolf_Diekmann) killed 643 men, women, and children. Working in [Limoges](/source/Limoges) at the time, Senon took the tram to meet her parents.[3] She arrived just in time to witness the horrors of that day[4] and devoted much of her later life to giving her testimony.[5] She advocated against Nazism, war, and senseless killings.[6]

In 1953, Senon testified at the trial for the perpetrators of the massacre.[7] Several commanders were notably absent from the trial, including [Heinz Lammerding](/source/Heinz_Lammerding), who had been commanded by [Gerd von Rundstedt](/source/Gerd_von_Rundstedt). Lammerding was sentenced to death *in absentia* and never faced a prison sentence in France, much to the chagrin of victims and their families.[8]

Senon passed the exam for the [Federation of Employees in the Postal and Telecommunications Sector](/source/Federation_of_Employees_in_the_Postal_and_Telecommunications_Sector) in 1945 and moved to [Paris](/source/Paris) in 1950 to become Secretary of the Syndicat des chèques postaux de Paris.[9] She took part in several strikes, notably in 1953, 1968, and 1974. She retired in 1985. In addition to her trade union activities, she was a member of the [French Communist Party](/source/French_Communist_Party) and was active in the Association des familles des martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane, the Association du Souvenir des Fusillés du Mont Valérien, and the [Fédération nationale des déportés et internés résistants et patriotes](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_nationale_des_d%C3%A9port%C3%A9s_et_intern%C3%A9s_r%C3%A9sistants_et_patriotes). In [2014](/source/2014_French_municipal_elections), she ran for the municipal council of Limoges as a member of the [Left Front](/source/Left_Front_(France)).[10] Reaching the age of 100 in 2025, she gave testimony once again about the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre.[1]

Senon died on 2 October 2025, at the age of 100.[11]

## Honors

- Allée Camille-Senon in [Saint-Junien](/source/Saint-Junien) (2021)[12]
- Comics album *Oradour 1944. L'Innocence assassinée* (2024)

## Decorations

- Officer of the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) (2009)[13]
- Knight of the [Ordre des Palmes académiques](/source/Ordre_des_Palmes_acad%C3%A9miques) (2008)
- Commander of the [Ordre national du Mérite](/source/Ordre_national_du_M%C3%A9rite) (2016, refused)[14][15]

## References

1. Bain, Scarlett (2 October 2025). ["Mort de Camille Senon, la dernière rescapée d’Oradour-sur-Glane"](https://www.humanite.fr/societe/communiste/il-ny-avait-personne-la-vie-setait-brutalement-arretee-les-souvenirs-de-camille-senon-la-derniere-rescapee-doradour-sur-glane) (in French). *[L'Humanité](/source/L'Humanit%C3%A9)*. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. Pauchou, Guy (1970). *Oradour-sur-Glane, vision d'épouvante,* (in French). Limoges: Charles Lauvazelle. p. 134–138.

1. Linol, Franck & Delarbre, Hélène (2014). *Oradour le dernier tram* (in French). Métive. ISBN 978-2-37109-001-9.

1. Passevant, Roland (1995). *Résistance rouge et milice noire* (in French). Le temps des cerises. p. 87–97.

1. ["Nous voyions le village brûler devant nous"](https://www.humanite.fr/-/-/nous-voyions-le-village-bruler-devant-nous) (in French). *L'Humanité*. 8 July 1994. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. Perlier, Guy (2013). *Camille Senon : survivante du tramway d'Oradour-sur-Glane : aurai-je assez vécu pour tous ceux qui sont morts ?* (in French). Brive-la-Gaillarde: Éditions Les Monédières. p. 1. ISBN 978-2-36340-048-2.

1. Perlier, Guy (2013). *Camille Senon : survivante du tramway d'Oradour-sur-Glane : aurai-je assez vécu pour tous ceux qui sont morts ?* (in French). Brive-la-Gaillarde: Éditions Les Monédières. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-36340-048-2.

1. ["FRANCE: The Lammerding Affair"](https://time.com/archive/6814554/france-the-lammerding-affair/). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*. 11 January 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. Mangiapane, Sylviane (2003). *Les Filles des Chèques postaux. Contribution à l'histoire du syndicalisme PTT 1945-1978* (in French). Le Temps des cerises & Institut d'histoire sociale FAPT-CGT. p. 21. ISBN 2-84109-415-4.

1. Buzy, Marion (21 January 2014). ["Municipales : les 55 noms de la liste Front de Gauche à Limoges"](https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges-87000/politique/municipales-les-55-noms-de-la-liste-front-de-gauche-a-limoges_1841379/) (in French). *Le Populaire du Centre*. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. ["Décès de Camille Senon, centenaire rescapée du massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane"](https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-camille-senon-centenaire-rescapee-du-massacre-d-oradour-sur-glane-20251002) (in French). *[Le Figaro](/source/Le_Figaro)*. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. Dailler, Thibaut (2 July 2021). ["Deux plaques inaugurées à Saint-Junien en hommage à Camille Senon, figure emblématique et militante locale"](https://www.lepopulaire.fr/saint-junien-87200/loisirs/deux-plaques-inaugurees-a-saint-junien-en-hommage-a-camille-senon-figure-emblematique-et-militante-locale_13977422/) (in French). *Le Populaire du Centre*. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. ["Liste unique des décorés"](https://archives.legiondhonneur.fr/rechercher/liste-unique-des-decores-publique?arko_default_684af021cfb1c--ficheFocus=) (in French). *Legion of Honour*

1. ["Loi Travail: une rescapée d'Oradour-sur-Glane refuse d'être décorée par Valls"](https://www.lexpress.fr/societe/loi-travail-une-rescapee-d-oradour-sur-glane-refuse-d-etre-decoree-par-valls_1797062.html?cmp_redirect=true#xtor=AL-447) (in French). *[L'Express](/source/L'Express)*. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

1. ["Opposée à la Loi travail, elle refuse d'être honorée par Valls"](https://www.humanite.fr/social-et-economie/loi-travail-el-khomri/opposee-a-la-loi-travail-elle-refuse-detre-honoree-par-valls) (in French). *L'Humanité*. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

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