Werner Kruger, 89, has made the journey from Berlin to Guernsey for Liberation Day most years since 1971.

Mr Kruger was born in Berlin in 1925 and was sent to Guernsey when he was only 18 years old. Following the war, he spent three years and seven months as a PoW in England before eventually returning to Berlin.

'Guernsey saved my life,' he said. 'I had been fighting for the German army in Russia for the three months before and the conditions were terrible.

'I hated Hitler and refused to say ''Heil Hitler'' even though we were told we had to. He stole almost six years from my life.'