English: Father Rupert Mayer, outspoken critic of the Nazis 1876-1945. This picture comes from here: http://www.catholichomeschooling.com/curr/hhgermany.htm#brm
...and as a German photograph well past its 50th year, it may be considered to be in the public domain under Article 72 of Germany's copyright law because as a mugshot it is a non-work eligible only for "neighboring rights" (which only last 50 years), not copyright.
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2005-11-26 02:04 Kelisi 144×204×8 (8492 bytes) Father Rupert Mayer, outspoken critic of the Nazis 1876-1945. This picture comes from here: http://www.catholichomeschooling.com/curr/hhgermany.htm#brm ...and as a German photograph well past its 50th year, it may be considered to be in the public domain
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