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Summary edit
| Description | Two photos (combined, cropped, and reduced in resolution) from July 1941 showing a massacre in progress at Ponary | ||
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| Author or copyright owner |
Otto Schroff, a member of the 96th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht. His date of death cannot be readily determined (he was still alive in 1959). It is possible that the copyright is owned by the Wehrmacht. The photo is kept by Yad Vashem Photo Archive. | ||
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Unclear, possibly 1941? Immediate source: Yad Vashem Photo Archive: Archival signature: 4613/915 , 4613/0 and Archival signature: 4613/916 , 4613/0 | ||
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Ponary massacre | ||
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | It is intended as the lead image for the massacre article to help visualize its scale and the infamous "killing pits" | ||
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
This is a historic photograph of an event in 1941-1944. There we have only a couple of photos taken during the massacre by the same person, so no free alternative exists. Photos taken after the event (such as exhumations) do not have the comparable impact on the reader or historic detail. | ||
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | The image will illustrate only one article where it is the only image of the event itself. The resolution has been reduced by 50%. Due to low quality of the original, further reduction in resolution would render the image not useful to the reader. It is an image of a large outdoor area with many details that are essential in understanding and appreciating the massacre (for example, the hoods on the heads of the herded men at the center). | ||
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The photos are provided by Yad Vashem free of charge for personal, educational or noncommercial purposes. | ||
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| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Ponary massacre//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ponary_massacre_July_1941.jpgtrue | |||
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