Copyrights and Authorization for Usage - Online Digital Collections

For any and all commercial or educational usage of documents from the Yad Vashem website, contact must be made with the Yad Vashem Archive and/or with the copyright owner of the document, in order to receive official authorization for such use.  In case of doubt, the Yad Vashem Archive should be contacted.

The names of the copyright owners have been indicated in good will and in accordance with the information that existed at the time that the collections were catalogued.  In the case of a problem with the cataloguing or a request for a correction, please contact the Yad Vashem Archive, and the matter will be examined thoroughly.  Following clarification, if an error was made, the material will be corrected.  In the event that the owner of copyrighted material is not interested in having his or her material displayed on the Yad Vashem website, that person should kindly turn to the Yad Vashem Archive, and the items will be removed from the website.

Copyrighted items that belong to other people or institutions were published on the Yad Vashem website after the copyright owners were asked to give their written permission.  Nonetheless, there is the possibility that some items were published in error.  Kindly bring this matter to our attention, in the event that this has happened.