Alternate names: Ostrozhets [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Ostrożec [Pol], Astrozhets.
Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews. [July 2015]CEMETERY:
v. OSTROZHETS: US Commission No. UA17190101
Alternate name: Ostrozec (Polish). v. Ostrozhets is located in Rovensky at 25.33 ° 50.40, 50km from Rovno and 16km from Lutsk. The cemetery is located at SW part of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
- Town officials: Village Soviet, Gubins Nikolay Grigorievich of Nezavisimosti st., 14 and Panchuk Pavel Nikolaevich (03659)51584, home.
- Regional: Rovno oblispolkom, Rovno, Sovetskaya pl. 1 (03622)25005. Historical Museum in Rovno (Monument Preservation ), Rovno, Dragomanova st. 19. Oblast Archive, Rovno, Moskovskaya st., 26A (03622)33004.
- Jewish Community of Rovno, Shkolnaya st. 39, Tedenbaum A.D. Israel: The Federation of Volynian Jews.
- The earliest known Jewish community was 17-18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 624. Effecting Jewish Community were 1st World War and Civil War. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 17th century with last known Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasidic burial 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date in the 19th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial-industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, damaging stones. Serious threat: weather erosion, pollution and vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: vandalism and existing nearby development.
- Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Pr.Grushevskogo St.18, apt.38 [Phone: (03322)34775] visited site, completed survey, and interviewed Gubin N.G. on 6/11/94. Documentation: Shmuel Spektor. The Holocaust of Volhinian Jews, 1941-1945. Jerusalem: ___, 1990, p. 73, 199, 252, 271, 339, 358.