Robert Maxwell, A Recall: Rising from Rags & Falling from Grace

From living in a dingy wooden shack and rising to become an international business magnate, Robert Maxwell’s life is the quintessential rags to riches story. From his humble beginnings in a remote Czechoslovakian hamlet to being an indispensable part of the UK’s publishing sphere, Maxwell had come a long way. He never let the poor background of his family, or its shortcomings deter his prosperity and financial success in life. Born a Jew, Maxwell’s timely decision to move to the United Kingdom is what let him escape the grueling life that the Jews were subjected to during the Second World War era. He lost almost all his family to Holocaust. Maxwell traveled, as far from his roots as possible, but he still couldn’t evade his eventual collapse.