Ozyutychi

Volynia region - list of settlements and location of objects

Ozyutychi, 2024

Sources:
- Jewish encyclopedia of Brockhaus & Efron;
- Russian Jewish encyclopedia;
- 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;
- European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Ozyutychi Jewish Cemetery
- Tomek Wisniewski. Wooden Tombstones from Jewish Cemeteries in Eastern Europe
- Tomek Wisniewski, Bagnowka. Ozdziutycze

In the 16-18 centuries in the Commonwealth. From 1795 - as part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th - beginning of the 20th century - the township of Vladimir-Volynsk district of the Volyn province. In 1919–39 - in the Volyn Voivodeship as part of Poland, in 1939–91 - as part of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1847, 160 Jews lived in Ozyutychi,
in 1897 - 701 (99% of the total population),
in 1921 - 739 (73% of the total population);
in 1931 - approx. 900 Jews

Jews began settling Ozyutychi in the mid-17th century.
By the late 19th century, a synagogue and beit-midrash had been built.

Since 1899, the rabbi in Ozyutychi was Mordechai Netherbarg (1875–?).

Ozyutychi in the 1913 directory

Volodymyr district, Volyn region

In 19th - beginning of the 20th century Jews were engaged in crafts and trade.
In 1913, Jews owned a steam mill, both pharmacy warehouses, all 5 shops.

In 1927, a Hebrew Tarbut school was opened. Various Zionist and other Jewish organizations such as Bund and youth movement of him, “Zukunft”, were operating in the town.

After 1933, the Tarbut school became a Soviet Jewish school.

On June 26, 1941, the Wehrmacht occupied Ozyutychi and shot 100 Jews as an act of retaliation for the death of a German pilot.
In 1942, all Jews were deported to the ghetto of Kysylyn, where they were executed on August 16, 1942.

Jewish cemetery with wooden tombstones in Ozyutychi, 1917


Women's wooden tombstone 1911 in Ozyutychi	Brokha, daughter of Szlomo, 1911	Women's wooden tombstone	Henya Mirjam, daughter of Joel Binyamin, 1910	Gitil, daughter of Yakov, 1909 & Sheindel, daughter of Ayizik, 1907	Deborah, daughter or Mordechai, 1909