The Presidents' Tailor - From Auschwitz to the White House

Maxmilian Grünfeld learned to sew while mending shirts for SS soldiers in Auschwitz when he was fifteen. Four years later, he re-invented himself as the American Martin Greenfield, and was making suits for the former general and future US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who liberated him from Buchenwald in 1945. The Presidents’ Tailor is an hour- long documentary about how one man transformed into the other against all odds.
With his infectious smile and insistence on “quality with intrinsic value”, Martin Greenfield quickly rose from his humble beginnings as a floor boy at the GGG menswear factory in Brooklyn to become the highbrow tailor of choice for US presidents and celebrities alike. But times are changing. Today, Greenfield Clothiers stands alone as a beacon in the once thriving men’s tailoring industry in New York City. The Presidents’ Tailor is a poignant reminder of the distinguished craftsmanship which once gave birth to the golden age of American manufacturing.