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"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 [family] ... 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 [and led ultimately to his] founding America's premier custom suit company"--
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Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor, Martin Greenfield
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Martin Greenfield
- Publisher
- Perseus Books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 234
- ISBN10
- 1621572668
- ISBN13
- 9781621572664
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, World War II, 20th century, Celebrities, Jews, America, Holocaust, Concentration camps, Human Fates, Auschwitz (Concentration Camp), Seamstresses, Tailors
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- "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 [family] ... 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 [and led ultimately to his] founding America's premier custom suit company"--