Millions of soldiers are still lying unburied on the Russian battlefields from the Second World War. Voluntary search units are trying to find and bury the remains of these soldiers and, if possible, identify them. Speaking about the war in the present tense when referring to the battlefields, this movement attempts to bring closure to the war seventy years after its end. The prime means to achieve this end is a proper burial. The search units spend extended amounts of time on the battlefields and build intimate knowledge of the area. The search units acts as both visitors and hosts of the battlefields, inviting others to come and see for themselves. The visitors they hosts fall into two major categories, relatives of fallen soldiers and tour participants. The act of visiting and spending time on the battlefields is part of connecting past and present, but the unfished business of unburied remains also makes the movement consider the past as present. All types of visits have a strong emphasis on commemoration and a ritual dimension, which links this practice to other practices termed pilgrimage.