Launch of a V-2 rocket, Peenemünde, Germany, 1940s

Caption     Launch of a V-2 rocket, Peenemünde, Germany, 1940s ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   RH8II Bild-B0790-42 BSM
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Peenemünde Army Research Center   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 800 x 563 pixels
Photos at Same Place Peenemünde, Pommern, Germany
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

See RH8II Bild-B0790-42 BSM on Wikimedia Commons

According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
- quote the "Federal Archives" as source,
- add the signature of the pictures and
- of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer.
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You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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