LEADER 02771cam a2200457 i 4500001 241093 005 20240621220852.0 008 141003s2014 dcuaf 001 0aeng 010 2014035566 020 9781621572664 |q(hardback) 020 1621572668 |q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)ocn892794746 035 241093 043 n-us---e-cs---e-pl--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dYDXCP |dOCO |dIH5 |dBTCTA |dBDX |dLHM 050 00 E184.37.G74 |bA3 2014 100 1 Greenfield, Martin, |d1928- |eauthor. 245 10 Measure of a man : |bfrom Auschwitz survivor to presidents' tailor : a memoir / |cMartin Greenfield with Wynton Hall. 264 1 Washington, DC : |bRegnery Publishing, a Salem Communications Company, |c[2014] 300 234 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : |billustrations (some color) ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 500 Includes index. 505 0 Meeting Mengele -- Inside Auschwitz -- The death march -- Ike arrives -- A time to kill -- Coming to America -- GGG -- The beautiful people -- The tailor's tailor -- Dressing presidents and politicans -- Suit maker to the stars -- Bar mitzvah at eighty. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Greenfield, Martin, |d1928- 650 0 Jews, Czech |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Tailors |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Businessmen |zNew York (State) |zNew York |vBiography. 650 0 Jews |zCzechoslovakia |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust survivors |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zCzechoslovakia. 650 0 Internment camp inmates |zPoland |zOświęcim |vBiography. 650 0 Nazi concentration camp inmates |zPoland |zOświęcim |vBiography. 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |vBiography. 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 700 1 Hall, Wynton C., |d1976- |eauthor. 852 0 |bstacks |hE184.37.G74 |iA3 2014