Cemeteries
The following text was adapted from the History of Jews in Humpolec by Adolf
Brock, from "Die Juden und Judengemeinden Bohmens in Vergangheit und Gegenwart" by Hugo
Gold, 1934. The translator for this text is Rita McLeod.
A field was purchased in 1719 and a cemetery established by chairman Falg. The same also
founded the Chevrah Kadisha in 1728 and became its first chairman. The following chairmen
were Solomon Lobl Lurje, Bernard Beck (died 1801), Lazarus Bauer (died 1854), Albert Bauer
(died 1884), Abraham Bondy (died 1897), Adolf Bauer (died 1900) and Simon Schneider
(since). In 1914, our community took over the Adolf Pollák Endowment from Vienna of 4000
crowns for the upkeep of graves and for the poor. In 1920 the cemetery was repaired by
the joint effort of Chevrah Kadisha and the community.
