Switzerland: Missing Lives exhibition recalls thousands still missing in Balkans

Hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world are looking for relatives missing in connection with conflict or natural disaster. Some have been searching for years to find out what happened to a loved one. To mark International Day of the Disappeared, the Swiss Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are opening the Missing Lives exhibition at Waisenhausplatz in Berne to draw attention to the tragedy of missing persons and their families. The ICRC's travelling exhibition will be on view from 30 August to 4 September 2011.

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