A group of survivors gather inside of a barrack in Langenstein-Zwieberge.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 07025

Photographer: Lt Preston Reed
Date: April 1945
Locale: Langenstein-Zwieberge, Germany
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Other Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Langenstein-Zwieberge
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Roger Reed

Biography: Lt. Preston Amble Reed (1913-1977) was a professional photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He worked for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune when he was drafted into the United States military in December 1942. He served in the 168th Signal Photo Company, Second Signal Battalion, Ninth Army. He was deployed to Europe from February-July, 1945 and then to the Philippines for an unspecified amount of time. Upon finishing his military service, Reed returned to Minneapolis where he continued work as a commercial photographer until he later took a position with the Sylvania Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon his death in 1977, Reed was residing in Franklin, Michigan.
Keyword: BARRACKS
BUCHENWALD
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
GROUP PORTRAITS
INTERIORS
LANGENSTEIN-ZWEIBERGE
SUB-CAMPS
SURVIVORS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Roger Reed
: Record last modified: 2013-05-13 00:00:00
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