I cannot find the original source for images from Google

[JamesSmitzie]

I'm busy doing a project at work on Hitler's Germany and have came across an election poster image online which I want to use but I obviously do not want to violate any copyright laws.It comes from Nazi Posters: 1933-1939 and the image I want to use is the http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/posters/1933ba.jpg which is the election poster Hindenburg vs Hitler.I cannot find through searching Google for this image the original uploader to ask whether I can use it or not, any advice please?If I was wanting to print it off, how can I avoid it coming out blurry?When finding images from Google and you can't see them to be bought how do you go about getting that image?

 

[KmH]

First you need to research the copyright laws that would apply in your circumstances.

Since it's likely the posters were published in Germany and you seem to be in the UK the Berne Convention of 1866 likely would apply.
Berne Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Applicability[edit]

Under Article 3, the protection of the Convention applies to nationals and residents of signatory countries, and to works first published or simultaneously published (under Article 3(4), "simultaneously" is defined as "within 30 days"[SUP][1][/SUP]) in a signatory country.[SUP][1][/SUP] Under Article 4, it also applies to cinematic works by persons who have their headquarters or habitual residence in a signatory country, and to architectural works situated in a signatory country.[SUP][2]
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Country of origin[edit]

The Convention relies on the concept of "country of origin". Often determining the country of origin is straightforward: when a work is published in a signatory country and nowhere else, this is the country of origin. However, under Article 5(4), when a work is published simultaneously in several signatory countries (under Article 3(4), "simultaneously" is defined as "within 30 days" [SUP][1][/SUP]), the country with the shortest term of protection is defined as the country of origin.[SUP][3][/SUP]
For works simultaneously published in a signatory country and one or more non-signatory countries, the signatory country is the country of origin. For unpublished works or works first published in a non-signatory country (without publication within 30 days in a signatory country), the author's nationality usually provides the country of origin, if a national of a signatory country. (There are exceptions for cinematic and architectural works.)[SUP][3][/SUP]
In the internet age, publication online may be considered publication in every sufficiently internet-connected jurisdiction in the world. It is not clear what this may mean for determining "country of origin". In Kernel v. Mosley, a U.S. court "concluded that a work created outside of the United States, uploaded in Australia and owned by a company registered in Finland was nonetheless a U.S. work by virtue of its being published online". However other U.S. courts in similar situations have reached different conclusions, e.g. Håkan Moberg v. 33T LLC.[SUP][4][/SUP] The matter of determining the country of origin for digital publication remains a topic of controversy among law academics as well.[SUP][5][/SUP]

 

[cheshirecat79]

From what I understand, Nazi propaganda (as in created by the actual party, which this piece appears to be) is public domain. You are free to reproduce the image. However, it does not seem that there are any (easy to find) high-res images of this particular poster. You will have to find the best image you can and upscale it then clean it up a bit. Shouldn't be terribly difficult.

You may want to also message some vendors of german ww2 propaganda posters (they sell on amazon, ebay, etc) and ask them about this particular image. They may know how to source you a print.

edit: jesus why am i even googling this stuff, here you go, but damn thats expensive for a poster

http://www.postersmania.com/poster-...indenburg-hitler-5th-march-1933-giclee-print/