Wiener Digital Collections is a site operated by The Wiener Holocaust Library.

Wiener Digital Collections is The Wiener Holocaust Library's core platform for delivering digitised images of the Library’s unique collections. It aims to open up these collections to the widest possible audience for research, learning, teaching and engagement. The terms of use described here will apply to the majority of the Library's content on the site, but some items may have particular restrictions. Users must therefore check the individual terms of use for each item before reusing the content.

Access to and use of this site is provided by The Wiener Holocaust Library on the following terms:

• By using this site you agree to be bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of Wiener Digital Collections. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms, please do not access and/or use Wiener Digital Collections.
• The Wiener Holocaust Library may change these terms from time to time, and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of Wiener Digital Collections will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms.
• If there is any conflict between these terms and specific local terms appearing elsewhere on Wiener Digital Collections, then the latter shall prevail.

Copyright Statement

Wiener Digital Collections is the copyright of the Wiener Holocaust Library The copyright of the content hosted on the site may belong to either the Wiener Holocaust Library or to other third parties.

The Wiener Holocaust Library seeks to balance respect for copyright with its mission to promote public knowledge about the Holocaust by making its materials freely available in its reading room and online. Before collections are uploaded to Wiener Digital Collections, the Wiener Holocaust Library assesses them for copyright concerns. Where it is possible and appropriate, we ask the copyright holders for permission.

It is not always possible to identify and/or trace rights holders. In such cases, we may publish material online without consent to promote public knowledge of the Holocaust, if we believe this will not cause harm or distress to third parties.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on Wiener Digital Collections for which you have not given permission, or that is not covered by a limitation or exception in national law, you may request that the materials be taken down. Further details can be found here.

Permitted uses

Material on this website may be cited free of charge for a number of “fair dealing” exceptions to copyright as outlined within the UK’s Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. These include:

• Non-commercial research or private study
• Quotation
• Illustration for instruction
• Criticism and review (and news reporting)

When citing from content on Wiener Digital Collections, you must (wherever possible) acknowledge the source of the content by including (at least) the following information: “[Title]”, “[(where appropriate) Collection reference number]”, "[Holding institution, i.e. The Wiener Holocaust Library]”. Please link to Wiener Digital Collections as the source of the content.

If you wish to reproduce the images in Wiener Digital Collections for any other purpose, such as publications, exhibitions, commercial purposes etc., please visit our image licensing page.

Non-permitted uses

Other than as expressly permitted by these terms of use, you may not copy, download, reproduce, publish, republish, post, transmit, modify, adapt, translate, manipulate, add to, delete from, adapt, distribute or otherwise use any content in whole or in part, in any medium without the Wiener Holocaust Library's prior written permission or without the written permission of the relevant copyright holder.

Disclaimer

While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and copyright of material on this website, any and all liability which might arise from your use of and reliance on the information contained on this website is excluded.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of Wiener Digital Collections for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

Please note that we only provide our site for research and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

Contact us

If you have any comments or questions about the terms of use for Wiener Digital Collections, please contact digital@wienerholocaustlibrary.org and we will answer your questions where possible. These terms of use should be read in conjunction with our privacy policy.