At a bend on the Aubrac plateau, where there are usually more cows than people, you can also find evocations of Peru oh yes.
Louis Dalle, 13th in a family of 15 children, deported to Buchenwald on 15 September 1944 to April 16, 1945. "I have suffered so much that I can not bear see others suffer "... missionary and bishop in Peru from February 14, 1948 to May 9, 1982, Indian with Indian.
Here is what is written next to his birthplace:
"On this high ground of Aubrac, in the hamlet of Finieyrols, was born April 27, 1922, Louis SLAB PERIER. Born into a family Farmers' 15 children, this shepherd boy was not cold in the eyes and dreamed of being a missionary. During World War II, he lived the hell of Buchenwald, he stands by his gift of himself to his brothers suffering . The fact that miraculously survives. In this period he wrote: 'It is a grace to return from Buchenwald ... More to be come ...'
From 1947, this free man devote his life to defend the Andean people in Peru against falsehood and injustice. The last decade of his life, he will be the Bishop of Ayaviri, the diocese the world's highest at 4,000 meters altitude.
He died May 9, 1982 in a bus accident. On his tomb is inscribed in Quechua his cry of hope: ' Allpanchis Phuturinga ' which means' Our Land yield its fruit. "
To purchase the book Louis Dalle, a free man , write to Mr. Frederick Hermet, 141 Long Course Dr, 69003 Lyon. Price: 20 euros.
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