The Von Trapp Family Timeline

Their story inspired The Sound of Music, but the facts are more inspiring than fiction. How the real Von Trapp family persevered.

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1926

Maria Augusta Kutschera comes to the Von Trapp family as a tutor for one of the children, also named Maria, who is recovering from scarlet fever.

Photo: Courtesy of the Von Trapp Family

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