What were the orders for the Captain von Trapp and how did he react?
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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp[a][3][4] (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I,[b] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and 2 Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons.[5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. Trapp hired Maria Augusta Kutschera to tutor one of his daughters and married Maria in 1927. When he lost most of his wealth in the Great Depression, the family turned to singing as a way of earning a livelihood. Trapp declined a commission in the German Navy after the Anschluss and settled in the United States.[1]
Georg Ritter von Trapp
Born
Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp
4 April 1880
Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (Zadar, Croatia)
Died30 May 1947 (aged 67)
Stowe, Vermont, United States
NationalityAustrian; ItalianSpouse(s)
Agathe Whitehead
(m. 1911; died 1922)
Maria Augusta Kutschera
(m. 1927)
Children
Rupert von TrappAgathe von TrappMaria Franziska von TrappWerner von TrappHedwig von TrappJohanna von TrappMartina von TrappRosmarie von TrappEleonore von TrappJohannes von Trapp
Military careerAllegiance Austro-Hungarian Empire (to 1918)Service/branch Austro-Hungarian NavyYears of service1898–1918RankCorvette Captain (Lieutenant-Commander)Commands heldSM U-6 (July 1910 – July 1913)Torpedo Boat 52 (1913–1914)SM U-5 (April–October 1915)SM U-14 (October 1915 – May 1918)Submarine base commander at Cattaro (May–November 1918)Battles/warsWars:Boxer RebellionWorld War IAwardsKnight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (1924)
On duty aboard SM U-5
Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. After his death in 1947, the family home in Stowe, Vermont, became a ski lodge, the Trapp Family Lodge.[6] Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers was adapted into the West German film The Trapp Family (1956), which served as the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music (1959) and the film adaptation directed by Robert Wise (1965).