Ozeryany

Kovel district, Volyn region

Sources:
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron;
- European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Ozeryany Jewish Cemetery;
- The All South-Western Territory: reference and address book of the Kyiv, Podolsk and Volyn provinces. Printing house L.M. Fish and P.E. Wolfson, 1913.
In the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, Ozeryany was a township of Vladimir-Volynsk district of the Volyn province.

In 1847, 208 Jews lived in Ozeryany,

in 1897 - 500 (app. 20,2%),
In 1921 - 358 Jews (18,1%).

The first records of Jews residing in Ozeryany date back to the early 18th century. In 1761, the only meeting of the Council of the Four Lands in Volyn’ took place here.
In 1897, less than 500 inhabitants total lived in township.

In 1913, Jews owned all 7 shops in Ozeryany (including 4 grocery, 2 manufactory).
Ozeryany in the 1913 directory
Ozeryany in the 1913 directory
By 1941, the Jewish population had grown to approximately 850 individuals. On June 28, 1941, Ozeryany was occupied by the Nazi troops.

In spring 1942, the ghetto was set up, in which local Jews and Jews from the surrounding villages were imprisoned.

In August 1941, during the liquidation of the ghetto, 762 Jews were shot near the cemetery of Sushibaba.

Six Jews from Ozeryany survived WWII.
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