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The von Trapp family best known through The Sound of Music is an Austrian-American singing family whose real story predates and diverges from the beloved musical and film. This...
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In 1938, as Nazi Germany annexed Austria, the von Trapp family escaped occupied Austria for safety and freedom. Their route took them south through Italy, then west to the Unite...
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In 1938, the von Trapp family left Austria to avoid living under Nazi rule. Following Austria’s annexation in March 1938 (the Anschluss), they departed for Italy by train, tra...
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Captain Georg von Trapp died on May 26, 1947, in Stowe, Vermont, United States. He was 77 years old and had lived in the U.S. since the family’s 1938 emigration to escape Nazi...
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Watch the von Trapp Family: A Life of Music is a guided look at the real family behind The Sound of Music, focusing on their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria and their later ye...
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