-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- as soon as it became clear that we had discovered the exact location of their relatives remains , i had personally rung the german ambassador in rabat with the information , and within a very short time the area around the remains of the trucks and tankers was roped off and became an official war graves cemetary , and once the international media got hold of the story an unidentified american gentleman anonymously came forward and made ample provision for its construction and upkeep , the consensus of opinion in the press being that the benefactor was a german national that had emigrated to america after the war .