The remarkable story of the Holocaust survivor who made Barack Obama’s tan suit

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Sept. 5, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated Sept. 5, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/09/05/holocaust-survivor-tailor-barack-obama-tan-suit-martin-greenfield-clothiers

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The story behind former President Barack Obama’s missing tan suit starts with Maxmilian Grünfeld, who was 15 when he arrived at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp by cattle car with his mother, father, two sisters, brother and grandparents in the spring of 1944. He was the only member of his family to s...