The story of the true Von Trapp family of "Smiles and Tears"

Most of us have enjoyed the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music" , which came to our screens with the title of "Smiles and tears" or "The rebel novice." They explain the vicissitudes of the Von Trapp family based on the novel by the mother, Maria Von Trapp, "The history of the singers of the Trapp family". The film allowed himself some licenses as his escape from Austria through the Alps pursued by the Nazis. and it does not explain what happened to them later. Join us to know the History of the true Von Trapp family of "Smiles and Tears".

The story of the true Von Trapp family

Between the Main differences What we see in the film and the true Von Trapp family is the fact that Maria, who really was a postulant in a convent of Salzburg , was more interested in children than in love with Captain Von Trapp, as he explains in his book. She really I wanted to be a nun , but consulted the proposal of marriage with the superior of the convent and this one told him that it was the will of God that married with Von Trapp, and thus it did it. With time it came to love her husband deeply with whom he had 3 children: Rosemarie, Eleanore and Johannes.

The story of the true Von Trapp family of "Smiles and Tears"

Neither does the historical line coincide, since for the date in which the film takes place, 1938, it was more than 10 years since Maria had married Georg Von Trapp , nor the economic situation of the family, which since 1929 was precarious because of the world crisis. Finally, the family did not flee over the mountains to Switzerland , but he did see that he was leaving by train to a holiday trip through Italy . From Italy they went to the USA, country where they were waiting for a contract to do performances like "The choir of the Trapp family". They were very successful, they toured throughout the country, they Americanized their repertoire and even changed their name to "The singers of the Trapp family" to make it more commercial

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They settled to live in Stowe, Vermont , And when they were not on tour they organized musical camps. They did not forget their homeland and collected funds to help those affected by the war in their country, sending food and clothing. In 1944, Maria and her stepdaughters asked to be US citizens, the boys Rupert and Werner served during the Second World War and thus obtained citizenship. The little ones, Eleanore and Roseamarie, were Americans at the same time that their mother and Johannes was born in the USA. The father, Georg Von Trapp , never asked for it and He died of lung cancer in 1947.

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The "Trapp Family Lodge" in Stowe, Vermont

The family ceased its actions and he split up as a musical group in 1957 . Maria and some of her children were for a few years missionaries in Papua New Guinea , returning to Vermont in 1965. Maria died in Vermont, due to heart failure, in 1987 when she was 82 years old. His son Johannes continued to manage the business related to the family-owned hotel complex in Vermont called Trapp Family Lodge , that over the years faced the descendants of the brothers in several lawsuits before the state courts.

Did you know the history of the true Von Trapp family? Have you seen the movie â ?? Smiles and tears "? If you have more information about the Von Trapp family, share them with us!

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