Leopold Grueblatt, once a wealthy merchant, 77, and his wife, 73, committed suicide yesterday by taking poison.
The suicide was attributed to the couple’s loss of financial means. A short while ago their only daughter, a gifted artist, committed suicide when her parents protested against her planned marriage to a non-Jew.
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