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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.
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  October 28, 2010
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Maria

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.

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