Q: I'm interested in acquiring rights to your images. Are they available?
A: Yes. Go here for a detailed list of my photo log. I took more than 2,000 photos in B&W negatives and color transparencies of 22 Nazi concentration camps and sites related to the Holocaust and the Nazi terror in Europe during the summer 2000. All of my images are duped in both film types. I am willing to negotiate usage rights with businesses, groups, non-profits, individuals, and others. Please contact me for more details.

No, the pictures may not be downloaded for your web site other than through the browser viewing process. These HTML coded pages and original photographs are the exclusive intellectual property of Rudy Brueggemann and are protected under United States and international copyright laws. The intellectual property may not be copied to another computer, transmitted , published, reproduced, stored, manipulated, projected, or altered in any way, including without limitation any digitization or synthesizing of the images, alone or with any other material, by use of computer or other electronic means or any other method or means now or hereafter known, without the written permission of Rudy Brueggemann and payment of a fee or arrangement thereof.

No original images on Rudy Brueggemann's pages are within Public Domain. Use of any of those images as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration also is a violation of copyright. As an artist and businessman, I vigorously protect my protected work. In the event that an infringement is discovered parties will be notified and invoiced the industry-standard TRIPLE FEE for unauthorized usage and/or prosecuted for Copyright Infringement in U.S. Federal Court where you will be subject to a fine of US$150,000 statutory damages as well as all court costs and attorneys' fees. By entering this site you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this agreement. Entrance to and use of site is expressly on these conditions which embodies all of the understandings and obligations between the parties hereto.

Q: Why did you do this project? Are you Jewish? Did you lose any family member in the Holocaust?
A: This project began as a result of having one of my images of the Rwanda genocide censored when I presented it to the public. I was so upset that people still do not want to confront images of the worst form of human rights abuses, that I promised myself I would devote my summer to documenting and then showcasing the most famous genocide of modern times. I also have wanted to visit these camps as long as I can remember. Finally, the opportunity presented itself. It proved to be one of the most rewarding things I've done in my life. It also strengethened the troubling revelations that I previously confirmed in Rwanda in 1997 about human nature and our species' prediliction toward evil.

I could not have done this project without the help of people who assisted me in Denmark (Anne Margrethe Kjær and Lasse Hoegh Andersen), and the many other persons I met while taking my pictures. Their names are too numerous to mention here.

No, I am not Jewish, nor did I have anyone in my immediate family die in the Holocaust. Though I have a German name, I am not related to anyone involved in these events. Actually, I am adopted, so I really have no personal or blood ties at all to Germany or the Third Reich (my ethnicity is Finnish, Welsh, and a mish-mash of other ethnic groups I'm not exactly sure about). My German name frequently brought commentary in Germany when I met persons there and had to explain I did not have any German roots.

Q: Your photo of ... is ... . Actually, that ... is ... .
A: I welcome all critical commentary on my pages -- good and bad. I value all feedback to correct mistakes and help me do a better job sharing this information with the public. The beauty of the Internet is the feedback loop. I'm sure I may have made a mistake, so please contact me with your comments.

Q: I am doing a term paper on the Holocaust, and I ... ?
A: No, I will not do your homework. I throw away this mail immediately. Please use the links included on this site to find out more information, or go to your local library or school library to do your own work. There are literally thousands of books and web sites where you can find the answers to your questions without asking someone to do your work for you.