THE STORY

As well as his inspiring campaign for Lidice, Sir Barnett Stross had a long career striving to improve the health and lives of people in Stoke-on-Trent and across the UK both as the MP for Hanley and the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health. He was an effective human rights activist across the world and a great lover of the arts. To find out more about his incredible life, take a look at the interactive timeline below.