The multimillionaire German industrialist set up a lavish private pleasure palace in a grotto on Capri, where he entertained underage Italian boys, mostly the sons of local fishermen. Sex was performed to the accompaniment of a live string quartet, and orgasms were celebrated with bursts of fireworks. When Krupp's wife, back home in Germany, heard rumors of what was going on, she went straight to the Kaiser - who promptly had her committed to an insane asylum. The Krupp industrialist empire was too vital to German national security to be compromised by such stories, even if true. However, the German press eventually found out about Krupp's private orgies, and printed the whole story, complete with damning photographs taken by Krupp himself inside the grotto. Rather than face disgrace, Krupp committed suicide.