---
title: "Paraná"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/parana/
lang: en
work: "The Smud Family: A Jewish Family History from Ludza, Latvia to Entre Ríos, Argentina"
author: "Mateo Smud"
licence: CC0-1.0
summary: "Capital of Entre Ríos. Marcos Smud is buried there, and his gravestone —which names him Meir, son of Folke— is the piece that joined the two halves of this story."
---
# Paraná

Capital of Entre Ríos. Marcos Smud is buried there, and his gravestone —which names him Meir, son of Folke— is the piece that joined the two halves of this story.

- Country today: Argentina
- Coordinates: -31.73, -60.52

## What is known

Marcos Smud is buried in Paraná. His gravestone preserves his Hebrew name: it calls him Meir Smud, and names his father as Folke.

On the Argentine side, the gravestone says the same thing the Mariupol birth record says on the Russian side —the son was called Meir, the father Folke— but with the surname already in its Spanish form.

## Who was here

- Marcos Smud — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/people/marcos-smud/

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The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt