Measure of a Man, Martin Greenfield
Measure of a Man, Martin Greenfield
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Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor; A Memoir

Author: Martin Greenfield

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2014


Synopsis

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 whole, 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 impulsive decision to steal 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 handmade suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now eighty-six years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of Washington, DC and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama and celebrities Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon.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.

About Martin Greenfield

Martin Greenfield is the owner of Martin Greenfield Clothiers, a Brooklyn-based company where Greenfield has been making hand-tailored men’s suits for over sixty years. GQ has called him “America’s greatest living tailor.” The New York Times has hailed him as “the influential face of men’s fashion in New York City.” Reuters named him “the most interesting man in the world.” Greenfield was born in Pavlovo, Czechoslovakia. He and his family were rounded up in 1943 and brought to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. After he was liberated from the camp in 1945, he searched for his family for two years—only to discover they had died in the camp. Greenfield immigrated to New York City at the age of nineteen and started work sweeping the floor of GGG Clothing, a clothing manufacturer in Brooklyn. Three decades later, he bought the factory from his employer and renamed the company Martin Greenfield Clothiers. Now a celebrated leader of the men’s fashion industry, Greenfield has designed custom suits for Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, as well as countless celebrities, including Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese, Denzel Washington, Jimmy Fallon, and Leonardo DiCaprio. His company produces suit lines for Donna Karan, Brooks Brothers, Rag & Bone, and Neiman Marcus, as well as the wardrobes for critically acclaimed films and television shows like Wall Street, Argo, and Boardwalk Empire.

About Wynton Hall

Wynton Hall is the owner of Wynton Hall & Co., a celebrity ghostwriting agency responsible for several New York Times bestsellers. The author or collaborator of sixteen books, Hall’s published work has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Beast, Breitbart, Politico, and several others. Hall lives with his wife and daughters in Florida.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Charles on 2016-06-26 20:45:32

this was a great book.it tells the horrys of the nazi and the communists who a lot of people in us think are good people.they do not know or beleive what the communists did.they never lived in it.

I'm sad to give this only 3 stars. I'd like to give it more. Read on, and you'll understand. Measure of a Man is the memoir of Auschwitz survivor, Martin Greenfield, né Maximilian Grünfeld. His tale begins in horror and ends in triumph. He is separated from his family (father, mother, two younger sis......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

This book isn't terrible to get through until the last part. It begins as the telling of a boy named Max surviving the renowned Nazi death camps of WW2 and his liberation by American soldiers- not just any soldiers, but of course General "Ike" Eisenhower. From liberation onward, the story rapidly de......more

Goodreads review by Dee

The story who lost so much, and yet went on to be so much greater. A man who loved his adopted country America. He worked hard, struggled, started at the bottom of a business, and managed to get to the top. Only in his new country could he have come so far and live the American dream! An inspiration......more


Quotes

“Brutally candid, impressively insightful, ultimately inspiring, written with wit, humor and humanity…highly recommended.” Midwest Book Review