Jews have lived in Havlíčková Brod since the 14th century. A hundred years later, they were banned from staying in this city until the middle of the 19th century. Around 1900, 247 inhabitants lived there. The religious community was founded in 1883 and had its own rabbi. During World War I, several thousand refugees from Galicia and Bukovina came to Havlíčkův Brod. In the last two years of the war, a typhus epidemic hit the city, so a large refugee camp was established in the city. The Brod cemetery is a kilometer away from the square. It was founded in 1890 and the last burial took place there in 1939. About two kilometers from Havlíčkov Brod there is a typhoid cemetery from 1917. Refugees from Galicia and Bukov who succumbed to the typhus epidemic were buried here. There are only simple plain and uniform gravestones to be seen here. In the middle of the field is an island of mature trees, which are planted in regular axes, forming avenues in the shape of a cross. The rest of the square area is filled with trees of lower height and denser planting.

Photo: MIC Havlíčkův Brod