Talk:Georg Ritter von Trapp

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This page has confirmed what I sort of already knew--the makers of THE SOUND OF MUSIC took some liberties with history and geography. When I was stationied on Okinawa as an enlisted man in 1963-1964, a theater off base had a German-language version of the Von Trapp story. (Since the theater was off base, there were no English subtitles--just Japanese ones!). But I understand enough German to know what is going on. This German-language version ought to be shown in the States either dubbed or with subtitles. It covered Maria's coming in with the family to their purchase of the farm in Vermont. It showed what was supposed to be a scene in a fancy New York hotel in 1938, but a 1954 Ford passing by showed the mistakes the makers of that movie made! Thank you for your attention.

I believe the film that is referred to in the foregoing paragraph is this one. Ellsworth 23:37, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika"

Contents 1 Ethnicity 2 After Anschluss 3 Titles etc 4 His Children

[edit] Ethnicity

From its article, Zadar has a Croatian-Italian (Venetian?) tradition, but I gather that Herr Trapp was of German (Austrian? Germanic?) ethnicity. I suppose that the Austro-Hungarian Empire classified the ethnicity of its subjects beyond the place of birth or residence. Could you tell then how was Herr Trapp classified?

Being born in Dalmatia, wouldn't he be considered Croatian? ➥the Epopt 01:23, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No, Austrians controlled Croatia at the point when he was born.

Interestingly enough, if you check in the Croatian telephone directory (http://www.tportal.hr/imenik/default.asp?lang=1), there are five Trapps listed on the island of Rab, just south of Rijeka (Fiume)where Georg and Agathe used to live.

Irrelevant. Not all Austrian 'colonists' left after WW1. Besides Trapp is a German name.

I don't think the contributor was trying to add something of "relevance" to the article or discussion, they were making an interesting observation. Dainamo 14:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] After Anschluss

There is almost nothing about his whereabouts after Anschluss. Where did he die? --Error 02:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

He went to America with his family and died in Stowe, Vermont. --Dhartung | Talk 06:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd agree that this page needs more on the information on the later events of his life - where could I find that information?

Yoda921 12:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)Yoda

[edit] Titles etc

The "Notes" section goes into some good historical detail about titles of nobility after WWI. This is relevant not only to von Trapp but also to many other notable people we have articles about. It ought to appear in a relevant Wikipedia article, with a link from here. JackofOz 03:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His Children

Is there no information on the births/deaths of his children? The page for the Sound of Music says that the names of the children were changed--what were their real names? Morhange 23:04, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad to see that at least some info about his children was added. Morhange 00:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Here are my informations about the Trapp Family:

Rupert (1911-1990), Agathe (1913), Maria (1914), Werner (1915), Hedwig (1917-1972), Johanna (1919-1994), Martina (1921-1951), Rosmary (1929), Eleonore (1931) and Johannes (1939).

Now (2007) are only Maria and Johannes are still alive. The others died, but I don't know exactly when.

Andrea (known as Andrea1984 in the German Version of the Wikipedia) - 20:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)