James and Hedy Reeds collection
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James and Hedy Reeds
James and Hedy Reeds donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 21, 2008.
Scope and Content
Consists of two large original pre-war portraits, one each of Esther Laub Neumann and of Markus Neumann, the parents of Hedy Neumann Reeds. The Neumanns perished in the Holocaust. Also includes copies of 35 pre-war photographs, some on album pages, of the Neumann family in Poland, and one copy of a photograph of James Reeds, who was part of the "Monuments Men," who investigated and discovered Nazi-looted art. In the photograph, Dr. Reeds is seen examining a discovered painting. He received a 2007 National Humanities Medal as a member of that group.
People
- Reeds, James.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Allied Forces.--Supreme Headquarters.--Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section.
- Art thefts--Europe--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.