Typhus cemetery near Havlíčkov Brod

On the northern edge of Havlíčková Brod, we find not only the new Municipal Cemetery, but also a Jewish cemetery. It is located in a wooded island in the fields, in a place that is both visible and hidden. This is a unique Jewish monument - there is no other Jewish cemetery for victims of the typhus epidemic in the Czech Republic.
The cemetery was established in 1917 after a large epidemic of spotted typhus, which broke out among the Jewish…