In January 1945 he was one of the 12,000 prisoners forced to undergo the death march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald, and one of only 2,500 to survive.
After being liberated in April 1945, he returned to Paris to begin his several decades of work campaigning against all types of racism.
Despite all the horrors he endured, he was able to say: “I had a boundless hatred for Nazism; I had none for the Germans.”
Holocaust Educational Trust chief executive Karen Pollock said that “as a survivor of Auschwitz, Charles Palant was a witness to and victim of humanity at its worst.
“His experiences led to him becoming a life-long campaigner against antisemitism and racism, and his continued commitment to promoting tolerance and acceptance will be his legacy.”
