Maria and the von Trapp family were actually real people, and they really did escape Austria as the Nazi Party rose to power. They also settled in Vermont and established a lodge, according to the ...
Although money didn’t appear to be of concern to the family depicted in the movie, in real life, the fortunes of the von Trapp family had faltered during the global depression of the early 1930s ...
The couple went on to have seven daughters, 18 grandchildren ... At 84, Johannes is the only member of the von Trapp family still living. Opening up about his childhood with Insightful Vacations ...