Breach of copyright! - photographs

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski

Enemy Property Act which is decisive, says that anything that was created under German copyright laws in a specified period, is not protected anymore. That said any German WWII photo is copyrigt free...

That's exactly what I wrote earlier, Franek.
I would like to add though that the said law refers only to materials created officially by the German State, the IIIrd Reich, between 1933-1945, not private individuals, artists, photographers, etc.

Answering to Richard, BA-MA would most probably not go after you if you don't pay the so-called 'publication fee' (let me state again, they don't officially claim copyright fee!); however, they would put you on their 'black list', i.e., not allow you to do any further research in any of their facilities.