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Mr H is one of the few survivors of the Srebrenica massacre. He lives with his family in Switzerland. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mr B comes from Kosovo and is 40. He is the father of three children and lives with his family outside Bern. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

He would like to give his children a good education. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mrs T is 42. She comes from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and lives in the Bernese Jura. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mr K comes from western Turkey. He fled to Switzerland in July 2004 and lives with his wife and two daughters in central Switzerland. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mr A comes from the Darfur region of Sudan. He arrived in Switzerland in 2005 and lives in St Gallen. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

He is 25 and goes to weight training every day. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mr A would love to receive a professional training, preferrably as a care assistant. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

Mrs Z is 30, comes from Chechnya and is the mother of three daughters. She came to Switzerland in 2006 and lives near Bern. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

She would like to finish the teacher training course she started in Grozny and teach children. (© 2008 Meinrad Schade/LookatOnline)

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Portraits of torture- and war victims in Switzerland

A series of portraits of torture- and war victims who received help from two centres in Bern and Zurich. The patients were observed by photographer Meinrad Schade and the author Martina Kamm and their stories included in an exhibition publication. (All images by Meinrad Schade)