For Bosnia's youth, the disappeared remains an open wound

The remains of more than 7,000 victims of the Bosnian War have not yet been found. The determination of some relatives is passed on to the next generations together with a sense of injustice and helplessness.

Aida’s journey to the past began about a year and a half ago when she headed to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s countryside. It was there, in the little town of Kalinovik, where her uncle in July 1992 was arrested, kept in a gunpowder warehouse for a few days and then murdered along with another 23 men in a barn.

The uncle, Abdurahman Filipovic – or “Braco” (“Little brother”) as he was known among his loved ones – has always been in Aida’s life, even though she was only three years old when he died and has no recollections of him whatsoever.