JIHLAVA JEWISH CEMETERY

The original cemetery in Jihlava must have already existed sometime in the 13th century. However, the medieval cemetery disappeared after the expulsion of the Jews, so it is not known exactly where it stood. The new cemetery, which still stands today, was founded in 1867. It is almost nine thousand square meters and contains more than five thousand tombstones. Since 1904 a Neo-Romanesque ceremonial hall has also stood here. At the beginning of World War II, it was burnt down, the cemetery was destroyed and most of the graves were overturned. In the 1960s the ceremonial hall was rebuilt as a small new building and the cemetery was modified. The entrance gate was forged with a Jewish themed motif. In the 1990s, a monument to the victims of Nazism was placed here.