Our Man in Berlin

Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz when he was fifteen, and went on to make suits for US presidents and stars. This is the story of America’s greatest tailor, and the bespoke menswear empire he left behind.

A grumpy, Czech-born mining engineer and his fast-talking protégé join forces with American and Russian visionaries to dare the impossible – linking the United States and Russia with a 100-kilometer long railroad tunnel beneath the Bering Strait. The InterContinental Railway would open up a faste...