Herman Gliem was born October 1. 1906. in the farm village of Untersuhl. Germany. which is located on the current border between East and West Germany. In 1926. when he was 20 years old. he borrowed money from his uncle in the United States and immigrated to Minneapolis. MN. to escape the stifling economic conditions in Germany and to find a new life. Though unable to speak. read. or write English. while living at the YMCA. he found work and attended night schoollike millions of other immigrantsto learn English. Five years later he established a mens clothier business in Minneapolis. specializing in custom mens clothing. which he ran for almost 30 years. He also moved out of the YMCA and married Martha Johnson of Menahga.
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