Just few days before his death, he took part for the last time in the commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.

Charles Strasser escaped to the United Kingdom on one of the Kindertransports just before the outbreak of the Second World War. He enlisted in 1944 and served as motorcycle dispatch rider during the war. He was involved in both the siege of Dunkirk and the liberation of Czechoslovakia, and subsequently his language skills led him to join General Ečer's team at the Nuremberg Trials, where he helped secure evidence of crimes committed not only in Czechoslovakia but elsewhere in Europe. He ran a successful business with photographic equipment and was also a keen aviator. He only stopped flying at the age of 92.

You can watch our interview with Charles Strasser for our project Children of Heroes here: