Overview
- Description
- Consists of documents from a Beit Din established in the Central Bureau of Orthodox Communities of Hungary for the purpose of releasing agunot. These official documents grant religious permission to remarry after the Holocaust. Includes a marriage permission document for men whose wives were murdered at Auschwitz, a form for documenting testimonies given by the survivors, a form for stating the acceptance of Beit Din's authority, and a form regarding the death of a wife.
- Date
-
issue:
1945-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this material from the Kedem Public Auction House in September 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-26 15:06:47
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39569
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