Rights of Use and Liabilities

Credit and Rights of Use

Photographs with attached credits are displayed on the Yad Vashem website after obtaining permission from the owners, whether individuals or organizations. In the event that a photograph on the Yad Vashem website has been uploaded without the owner's permission, kindly contact Yad Vashem in order to correct the current situation.

Credit of the photographs in the Yad Vashem Archives was done in good faith and according to the information available at the time that these photographs were catalogued. In the event of any question regarding the rights to any photographs in the Yad Vashem Archives, or any request to correct the existing registration information, kindly contact the Yad Vashem Photo Archive at holocaust.resources@yadvashem.org.il

Each query will be thoroughly checked. In the event that an error has been made, it will be corrected in due course.

In the event that the owner of a photograph in the Yad Vashem Archives is not interested in having that photograph displayed on the Yad Vashem website, the owner is kindly requested to contact the Yad Vashem Photo Archive as soon as possible. The photograph will be removed from the Yad Vashem website, in line with the owner's written request.

Users wishing to make commercial use of photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive website are required to contact the Yad Vashem Archives and/or the individual or institution who holds the rights to the photograph, to obtain official permission. In case of doubt regarding the use of photographs in the Yad Vashem Archives, users are requested to contact the Yad Vashem Archives at the following email address:
holocaust.resources@yadvashem.org.il

Liabilities
The Yad Vashem Photo Archive website is offered "as is" as a public service. The information displayed was recorded in good faith and according to the information available at the time that these photographs were catalogued. Yad Vashem has taken utmost care and effort to present precise, historical information on its Photo Archive website. Nevertheless, in a collection of such magnitude and complexity, a possibility of inaccuracy remains. If it appears that an error has been made, kindly contact us with a description of the problem, as well as your suggestion regarding its correction. In the event that the Yad Vashem Photo Archive sees fit, any proven error will be corrected in due course.

Yad Vashem is not responsible for any changes made, in the material displayed in this website, by users or a third party. Users of the Yad Vashem website carry sole responsibility for the manner in which they make use of the service offered by this website.

This website contains photographs which may be difficult to view. Users who are unable to cope with viewing photographs of this sort are asked not to search for these photographs and are likewise asked not to view them. Yad Vashem takes no responsibility for any emotional or physical harm that may be caused to users as a result of viewing the photographs displayed on this website.