On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
This came up in the discussion, but since the German occupation during WW2 is considered illegitimate under international law, Polish law applies, even in areas where the de jure Polish government didn't have de facto control. The discussion is here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Category:Stroop_...
Does this mean that the images taken inside Auschwitz can be marked PD, either as PD in Poland or PD in the U.S. because seized enemy property? We've been told by several Wikipedians who specialize in images that we could only claim fair use for them, which has meant the images have been challenged quite a few times by people who say we can't claim fair use unless we know the name of the copyright holder. We've had several attempts to delete some of them on that basis.
Sarah