Exhibit Plots Path Out Of Yugoslavia's Pain

Life in 1990s former Yugoslavia was a nightmare of war, economic collapse and an all-powerful mafia.

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Belgrade - Life in 1990s former Yugoslavia was a nightmare of war, economic collapse and an all-powerful mafia.

But a new exhibition in Belgrade hopes plunging visitors back into this labyrinth of trauma and suffering may actually help the Balkans find a way to escape its troubled past.

The show tells how a once-prosperous country was ripped apart by rampant nationalism and devastating violence as much of the rest of Europe basked in post-Cold War optimism and the beginning of the digital revolution.

"I feel like crying," Vesna Latinovic, a 63-year-old from Belgrade said as she toured the exhibition, visibly shaken.

Labyrinth of the Nineties opens with a video collage of popular television intros and music videos, followed by a speech from Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, who ended his days in prison being tried for war crimes.