Dear Marco,

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Unfortunately, some names and headstones are missing from this cemetery.? This is the case of my uncle JOZEF SIOMKAJLO, who died of Tyfus in Teheran.? Some years ago, I contacted the Polish Embassy in Teheran, and the consul there was very kind and did a very thorough search of all the records from that time.? However, he could not find my uncle listed anywhere.? The best he could do was locate a somewhat similar name of a person buried in a mass grave, but there is no way to know whether this is my uncle or not.

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This was a very confusing time in Teheran.? Persons, like my uncle, were separated from their families, and brought to over-crowded hospital tents and hospital wards.? When they died, there was no one there to properly record their details, so their names were not known in some cases, and in other cases, were no spelled properly.? As a result, we may never succeed in finding the exact place where they are buried.? I had such great hopes that I would finally find one of the missing members of my mother’s family, but it was not possible.? I hope that you will be more successful someday.

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