Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
Martin Greenfield
- He's
- been
- called
- "America's
- greatest
- living
- tailor"
- and
- "the
- most
- interesting
- man
- in
- the
- world."
- Now,
- for
- the
- first
- time,
- Holocaust
- survivor
- Martin
- Greenfield
- tells
- his
- incredible
- life
- story.
- Taken
- from
- his
- Czechoslovakian
- home
- at
- age
- fifteen
- and
- transported
- to
- the
- Nazi
- concentration
- camp
- at
- Auschwitz
- with
- his
- family,
- Greenfield
- came
- face
- to
- face
- with
- "Angel
- of
- Death"
- Dr.
- Joseph
- Mengele
- and
- was
- divided
- forever
- from
- his
- parents,
- sisters,
- and
- baby
- brother.In
- haunting,
- powerful
- prose,
- Greenfield
- remembers
- his
- desperation
- and
- fear
- as
- a
- teenager
- alone
- in
- the
- death
- camp-and
- how
- an
- SS
- soldier's
- shirt
- dramatically
- altered
- the
- course
- of
- his
- life.
- He
- learned
- how
- to
- sew;
- and
- when
- he
- began
- wearing
- the
- shirt
- under
- his
- prisoner
- uniform,
- he
- learned
- that
- clothes
- possess
- great
- power
- and
- could
- even
- help
- save
- his
- life.Measure
- of
- a
- Man
- is
- the
- story
- of
- a
- man
- who
- suffered
- unimaginable
- horror
- and
- emerged
- with
- a
- dream
- of
- success.
- From
- sweeping
- floors
- at
- a
- New
- York
- clothing
- factory
- to
- founding
- America’s
- premier
- custom
- suit
- company,
- Greenfield
- built
- a
- fashion
- empire.
- Now
- 86
- years
- old
- and
- working
- with
- his
- sons,
- Greenfield
- has
- dressed
- the
- famous
- and
- powerful
- of
- D.C.
- and
- Hollywood,
- including
- Presidents
- Dwight
- Eisenhower,
- Bill
- Clinton,
- and
- Barack
- Obama,
- celebrities
- Paul
- Newman,
- Leonardo
- DiCaprio,
- and
- Jimmy
- Fallon,
- and
- the
- stars
- of
- Martin
- Scorsese's
- films.Written
- with
- soul-baring
- honesty
- and,
- at
- times,
- a
- wry
- sense
- of
- humor,
- Measure
- of
- a
- Man
- is
- a
- memoir
- unlike
- any
- other-one
- that
- will
- inspire
- hope
- and
- renew
- faith
- in
- the
- resilience
- of man.
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