Measure of a Man (30 page)

Chesterfield cigarettes,
120

Clinton, Bill,
180–85
,
196
,
211

Clinton, Hillary Rodham,
180–81

Colgate Comedy Hour
,
The
,
141

Columbian Club, the,
128–29

Columbia University,
176–77

Communists, Communism,
71
,
74–75
,
84
,
108
,
126
,
159–60

components of a suit jacket,
158

Constitution, the,
110

Costume Institute Gala,
174
,
210–11

Coty American Fashion Critics’ Awards,
165
,
168

Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) prizes,
165–66
,
172
,
174

crematoria,
4
,
17–18
,
29
,
46
,
55

Cronkite, Walter,
159

Cy Martin’s,
142

Czech army, the,
65–67
,
80–81
,
175–76

Czechoslovakia, Czechs,
94
,
102
,
111
,
129

     
German camps and,
50
,
56
,
64

     
Greenfield’s life in,
1
,
3
,
74
,
76

     
Soviet takeover of,
74–75
,
126

D

Dallas, TX,
125–27
,
129–30
,
132
,
159–60

D’Amato, Paul “Skinny,”
205–6

Danny’s Hideaway,
109

Davis, Bette,
145

Davis, Sammy, Jr.,
141–42
,
204

Day, Doris,
127
,
129

Death March, the,
32–43
,
46
,
56
,
68–69
,
219

democracy, democratic government,
74–75
,
84

Democrats,
193–94
,
196–97

Depp, Johnny,
201

DeRosa, Stephen,
147

Diamonds,
157

DiCaprio, Leonardo,
200
,
203

DiMaggio, Joe,
97

displaced persons (DP) camps,
64–65
,
75–76
,
79–80
,
83
,
89

Dole, Bob,
192–93

Dole, Elizabeth “Liddy,”
193

Doral Hotel,
109

“Dumber They Come, the Better I Like ’em, The,”
141

Durante, Jimmy,
139

E

Ebbets Field,
97
,
105
,
113

Eddie Cantor Camp Committee,
140

Edgerton, Joel,
200

Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Ike”

     
as general,
53–55
,
84
,
91
,
110
,
112

     
as president of Columbia,
176–77

     
as president of the United States,
177–78
,
183

Elka (“Aunt Elka”),
83
,
87
,
95–97
,
125

Ellis, Perry,
171

Emmy Awards,
202
,
214

England, English,
46
,
152
,
158
,
173

English (language),
94
,
98–99
,
101–5
,
107
,
109–10
,
113–14
,
166

ESPY Awards,
209

Europe,
75
,
81
,
91
,
140
,
146

evil,
20
,
75
,
186

Ewing, Patrick,
159
,
210

Exodus 1947
,
87

F

Fallon, Jimmy,
173–74
,
212–13

FDNY Engine
55
,
148

Fendrich, Mark,
87
,
98

Fields, W. C.,
139

Final Solution, the,
45

Florida,
148
,
162
,
185

Fontainebleau Hotel,
148

Ford, Gerald,
179

Ford, Glenn,
145

Fox Football,
211

France, French,
80
,
87
,
123
,
177

Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,”
180

G

Gabersee DP camp,
75–76
,
79–80
,
86
,
89
,
124

Garner, Jennifer,
208

German army,
2–3
,
13
,
36

     
at the concentration camps,
5–9
,
13–15
,
20–28
,
31–32
,
35
,
37–38
,
42
,
48–52
,
59–60
,
68

     
surrender of the,
64

Germany, Germans,
43
,
45–46
,
55
,
63–65
,
79
,
87–88
,
140
,
197

     
American occupation of,
75

     
American politicians and,
111–12

     
postwar suicides in,
76–77

Gestapo officers,
4–5

GGG,
100

     
celebrity customers of,
140–44
,
147
,
176–80
,
204–5

     
Kalvin’s job at,
101–4

     
Martin Greenfield Clothiers at factory of,
203

     
Martin’s career at,
106–9
,
115–22
,
133–36
,
138
,
142–47
,
154–59
,
175

     
suits made by,
99
,
119
,
128

Gilda
,
145

GIs,
53–54

Gleiwitz camp,
32
,
34
,
42
,
46
,
56
,
65
,
219

Goco, Zaldy,
206–7

God,
25
,
62
,
142
,
156

     
Greenfield’s questioning of,
56
,
76
,
197–98

     
sense of humor of,
15

     
work in Greenfield’s life by,
21
,
28–29
,
31
,
38–39
,
52–53
,
76–77
,
198
,
218–19

Golden Fleece collection, the,
162

Goldman, Abe,
117

Goldman, Ikram,
187

Goldman, Mannie,
99
,
117
,
177–78

     
Eddie Cantor and,
139–43

Goldman, Morris,
99
,
117

Goldman, William P.,
99

     
biological son of,
155–56

     
role in Martin’s life,
105
,
115
,
117–19
,
121
,
123
,
135–36
,
147
,
151–57
,
176–78
,
204–6

Good Morning America
,
210

Gotha, Germany,
54

Gotham
,
215

Grand Central Station,
132
,
186

Great Debaters
,
The
,
203

Great Gatsby
,
The
,
200–2

Greece,
80

Greenfield, Amy,
218

Greenfield, Arlene (née Bergen),
134–38
,
143
,
151
,
186
,
196–98
,
218
,
222
,
224

Greenfield, Bonnie,
218

Greenfield, Cheryl,
218

Greenfield, David,
218

Greenfield, Jay

     
birth of,
136–38

     
wife of,
218

     
work with Martin Greenfield Clothiers,
147
,
162–63
,
172
,
180
,
187–89
,
200
,
203
,
206–7
,
210–11
,
213

Greenfield, Martin

     
bar mitzvah of,
217–19

     
move to New York,
104–5

     
name change,
100–3

     
time at GGG,
105–57
.
See also names of specific clients

     
time at Martin Greenfield Clothiers,
157–216
.
See also names of specific clients

Greenfield, Rachel,
218

Greenfield, Sofia,
218

Greenfield, Tod

     
birth of,
138

     
wife of,
218

     
work with Martin Greenfield Clothiers,
147
,
163
,
169
,
172
,
187
,
203
,
211
,
218

Gretzky, Wayne,
209–10

Gridiron Club,
180
,
184–85

Grünfeld, Abraham,
3–5
,
39
,
57

Grünfeld family, the,
2–3
,
203

Grünfeld, Joseph (“Father”),
2
,
7–14
,
24
,
57
,
65
,
67–68
,
74
,
79–80
,
86
,
88
,
139
,
156

Grünfeld, Maximilian “Max,”
2
,
68
,
83
,
95
.
See also
Greenfield, Martin

     
name change,
100–3

     
time in concentration camps,
2
,
13–53
.
See also specific camps

     
time in Hungary,
9–12

     
voyage to America.
See under
America

Grünfeld, Rivka,
2
,
6–7
,
57

Grünfeld, Simcha,
2
,
7
,
57

Grünfeld, Sruel Baer,
2
,
6–7
,
57

Grünfeld, Tzyvia (“Mother”),
2–3
,
6–8
,
11
,
57
,
83
,
95
,
98
,
124
,
139

Gussie (Martin Greenfield’s aunt),
98

Gypsies,
46

H

Hampton Synagogue,
217

Hart Schaffner Marx,
188

Hayworth, Rita,
145

HBO,
147
,
202
,
215

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),
65
,
67
,
70

heder
(religious school),
3–4

Hickey Freeman,
188

Hillcrest Country Club,
143–45
,
147

Hinkle, Billy,
200

Hollywood,
129
,
138–39
,
142–45
,
147
,
169
,
194
,
199
,
210

Holocaust, the,
80–81
,
87
,
136
,
144
,
197
,
203
,
218
.
See also
Shoah