Evidentiary Record in Agunah Drowning Case on the Danube

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Gran

Description

This entry preserves the evidentiary record — sworn depositions and rabbinical correspondence — in the agunah case of Lieb Hersh of Kittsee, who drowned in the Danube near Pest. The body was later recovered by non-Jewish fishermen near Tát and identified through personal effects and clothing, though facial identification was impossible due to swelling. The Chasam Sofer's halachic ruling based on this evidence likely appears in an adjacent teshuva.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer EH I §64

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