WEBThe Trapp Family (also known as the von Trapp Family) was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the interwar period .
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Meet The Real von Trapp Family That Inspired The Sound of Music - Biography
WEBDec 1, 2023 · The musical von Trapp family fled Austria during the Nazi occupation in 1938 and later settled in Vermont. They inspired the 1965 movie ‘The Sound of Music.’
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Movie vs. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family
WEBDec 6, 2022 · Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. Maria did not marry Georg von Trapp because she was in love with him. As she said in her autobiography Maria, she fell in love with the children at first sight, not their father.
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The Von Trapp Family And The True Story Of 'The Sound Of Music'
WEBUpdated December 12, 2022. The 1965 film told the story of the musical von Trapp family that fled the Nazis in Austria, but there were a few key points that Hollywood either changed or left out entirely. George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty ImagesThe real-life von Trapp family in London circa 1950.
WEBGeorg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp [a] [3] [4] (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
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What Happened to the Real von Trapp Family? - Parade
WEBDec 5, 2013 · Home. Entertainment. What Happened to the Real von Trapp Family? Erin Hill. Dec 5, 2013. Maria Von Trapp and family in 1965 gather for reunion at family-owned hotel in 1965. The live...
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The Real History Behind “The Sound of Music” | HISTORY
WEBMar 2, 2015 · The Trapp Family Singers on tour in 1940. In the climactic scene of “The Sound of Music,” the von Trapps flee Salzburg, Austria, under the cover of night and hike across the surrounding...
WEBThe real Georg von Trapp did live with his family in a villa in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg. He wrote to the Nonnberg Abbey in 1926 asking for a nun to help tutor his sick daughter, and the Mother Abbess sent Maria. His wife, Agathe Whitehead, had died in 1922.
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'The Sound of Music': What Was the von Trapp Family's True Story?
WEBDec 25, 2023 · How much did The Sound of Music really get right about the von Trapp family's history? Turns out they missed a few key details. The Oscar-winning classic didn't exactly tell the true story...
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Lorli von Trapp Campbell from the 'Sound of Music' family has ... - NPR
WEBOct 21, 2021 · A funeral home confirmed Lorli von Trapp Campbell died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Northfield, Vt. Craig Line/AP. STOWE, Vt. (AP) — The second daughter of Maria von Trapp, whose Austrian family...
