Beit Din documents

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

Beit Din documents 

folder 1 

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.