James and Hedy Reeds collection

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

James and Hedy Reeds collection 

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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.