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Roman Catholic cemetery in Rozyszcze

Rożyszcze | Ukraine
ukr. Rożiszcze (Рожiще)
ID: dok-000479-P

Roman Catholic cemetery in Rozyszcze

Rożyszcze | Ukraine
ukr. Rożiszcze (Рожiще)

Cemetery with Polish gravestone monuments. Documentation was made for the cemetery (70 cards stored in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage).

The cemetery in Rożycze is located on the north-western outskirts of the town on a hill among the trees. Zbigniew Hauser mentions that it is not fenced and local people use it like any other meadow, even though there are broken and overturned gravestones. Most of them are dismembered, but on the preserved fragments one can notice floral ornaments in the form of knotted twigs, trilliums, but also anchors, among others. Furthermore, in addition to simple forms, there are rock gravestones, as well as monuments in the form of knotted trees and knotted crosses. The cemetery dates back to the interwar years, and there are also graves from the 1940s.

In 2014, the Independence Foundation organised cleaning work during which further gravestones were found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN6tmTKk618 .

In the following years 2015 and 2016 the work was carried out, among others, by members of historical re-enactment groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXhMOFIwBUQ , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmiuIUEWlg .

Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Hauser Zbigniew, „Podróże po cmentarzach Ukrainy”, t. IV, „Województwa: wołyńskie, podolskie, bracławskie i kijowskie”, Kraków 2009, s.119-122.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Alicja Czuber-Filonik
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