Questionnaires, related to Ktav-Heter and Agunot, post-Holocaust Hungary

Identifier
irn108775
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.164.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn108775

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Sosland Family.

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

Nine questionnaires recording testimonies of men and women whose spouses were killed during the Holocaust, and who were seeking to record documentation of such, in order to obtain a writ of permission (Ktav Heter) to remarry. Stamped and signed by rabbis in various locations in Hungary, approximately 1946-1952.

Subjects

  • Holocaust survivors--Hungary.
  • Agunahs.
  • Jewish marriage customs and rites.
  • Marriage--Annulment (Jewish law)

Genre

  • Document
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