Who knows how Zweig died?

1933 Hitler came to power, and Zweig moved to Britain the following year. 1938 became a British citizen. Leave England for America at once. When 1940 arrived in Brazil, fascist forces were rampant, and the writer witnessed the decline of his "spiritual hometown of Europe" and felt desperate. 1942 On February 22nd, he and his second wife Elizabeth Altman (33 years old) both committed suicide by taking poison in their apartment in Indianapolis, a suburban town of Rio de Janeiro. Pathologists believe that they died between noon and 4 pm and took barbiturates. When the police found it, Zweig and his wife were lying in bed with a bottle of mineral water on the bedside table. A generation of writers left this world like this.

Zweig wrote in his suicide note: "Before I leave my life voluntarily and fully, there is one last task that I need to perform, and that is to sincerely thank this wonderful country-Brazil, which has given me and my work a rest place in such a friendly and hospitable way. My love for this country is growing day by day. The world where I speak the same language has sunk for me, and my spiritual hometown, Europa, has also destroyed itself. Since then, I prefer to rebuild my life here. But a person over 60 needs special strength to start over, and my strength is exhausted because I am homeless all the year round and wandering around the world. So I think it's better to end my life in time without losing my dignity. For me, mental work is the purest happiness, and personal freedom is the noblest wealth in the world. I salute all my friends! May they see the rising sun after this long night! I can't wait to get ahead of them! " After Zweig's death, the Brazilian President ordered a state funeral for this literary master.