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Four Jews Suicides in ‘gay’ Vienna

May 31, 1934
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Suicides among the Jews of Vienna are increasing at a terrific rate as a result of the economic misery of the Jewish population.

Four Jews, all formerly well-to-do, were listed among the suicides of the last few days, a check-up revealed today.

A Jewish merchant and his wife, residents of what is considered the richest district of Vienna, committed suicide by inhaling gas.

Another Jewish merchant, a resident of the same district, also committed suicide, as did a sixty-eight-year-old Jewish doctor.

In every case, extreme poverty, now rampant in once-prosperous Jewish Vienna, was given as a reason for suicide.

Self-destruction is contrary to Jewish religious law, so that the mounting toll of suicides among the Jews here is regarded as an indication of the depth of desperation to which the Jews have been reduced.

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