Martin Greenfield, the orphaned Holocaust survivor who came to the U.S. in 1947 with nothing and rose to become a master tailor to U.S. presidents and Hollywood celebrities alike, has passed away on Wednesday. He was 95.

For all the luminaries he has dressed – Sinatra, Obama, Meyer Lansky, and LeBron James among them – it’s impossible to separate the success from the horrors he witnessed during his childhood. Born in Czechoslovia to Jewish parents, Greenfield, nee Maximilian Grünfeld, and his family were deported to the Auschwitz death camp. Only he survived when the Buchenwald camp was liberated by the U.S. Army. He documented this harrowing journey in his memoir, “Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor.”

Greenfield got his first job as a floor boy at the GGG clothing factory in East Williamsburg, in the building his company has operated in since the late 1970s. According to his bio, he learned English, got his citizenship, and became the factory’s production manager. Greenfield acquired the factory and launched Martin Greenfield Clothiers.

Greenfield, a two-time Fashion Manufacturing Initiative Grant Fund recipient, made suits for designers and brands including Rag & Bone and Brooks Brothers. No wonder he earned the nickname of America’s tailor.

May his memory be a blessing.